fact the exact opposite they're promoting them and supporting them. >> the irony of this all of this, the iranians and hezbollahs and shias we could possibly negotiate with them. we'll never be able to negotiate with the taliban, never. >> sean: the geopolitical, when the iranians go to egypt and you could have them-- >> they could come to us ultimately for negotiations, just like nixon's china, watch. >> sean: very, very volatile. thank you for being with us, appreciate it. >> thank you.

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saturday, march. i'm al sip camerota. visitors looking for a tour of the white house are out of luck today. the white house is blaming the sequester. are there other things they could have cut instead of tours. >> then the lefts out in full force mourning the death of a dictator. find out who else attended funeral services for hugo chavez plus frequent fliers how one sailor using cooking oil to fuel its flights. that's going to smell bad. going to smell like french fries. >> or good. >> delicious, it's up to you. >> "fox & friends" begins right now. ♪ good morning, thanks for

being here where tucker carlson and clayton morris. >> unless you get cut i might not recognize you. >> it might take me a week though. >> stage manager dave realized got a hair cut. >> i didn't. i had complaints because i hadn't been combing my hair so i let somebody else do it. >> alisyn: how long had it been sips you combed your hair. >> i'm not a big hair comer to be honest. i am now though. >> alisyn: if you are planning to take your family to a trip to the white house, it's time to make other plans. as of today all tours at 1600 pennsylvania avenue are cancelled and the white house is blaming it on the sequester. >> clayton: peter doocy has not been cancelled his office is open. he is in washington, d.c. in morning with the latest

on this. are these the self-guide tours, clayton? clay lay there is. >> there is a phone number at the white house. every since the administration decided tours are going to be a casualty of the sequestration. simple message all tours are cancelled effective saturday march 9th, today until further notice. we heard some folks looking around the white house yesterday. even though they were on the right side of the cancelled tours, general consensus is that there is no need to cancel them for everyone else. >> we fly here, this is the only place we saw lines at t.s.a. so, i don't think it was a reasonable decision. this is our house. we should be able to go into it. >> in terms of the overall cost of operating the country and the government, small change. i think it's for posturing

more than anything. >> yesterday, a white house spokesman tried sequester tours into context. >> both the seat of government, the residence of the leader of the country but also a museum. and it is a shame that because of the sequester those tour also no longer take place. i will tell you that the people at the president is most concerned about are the 750,000 americans who stand to lose their jobs. >> cutting white house tours is going to save less than $100,000 a week. so the speaker of the house has continued to publicly call the administration out basically saying down at the capitol they plan properly so the tours are going to remain astlaivel for anyone who wants one. back to you in new york. >> alisyn: thanks so much, tucker. i thought you were kidding last week. i said they should leave it up to all the different departments. no the first thing they will do is cut the washington monument. >> they will close the grand canyon.

>> alisyn: i thought you were exaggerating. the first thing they do is is close the white house. >> tucker: actually, they are taking a lot of heat for it. it's called the washington monument strategy. which is it maximum the effect ordinary people at all any effects government. every government worker is totally essential. i think they went too far with this. >> clayton: wasn't this part of the strategy though when they were discussing this? we want very visual things. we want visual things that are going to seat cuts that are going to be painful for people to watch out in public. >> clayton: there is a parks service memo on this very issue saying make sure whenever you pull back the public can see it. >> we will be getting to more of that. we would love to hear your comments. meanwhile, let's get to your headlines while you have been sleeping, a pair of deadly attacks in afghanistan has been happening overnight. 18 people killed. suicide bomber attack took place police station in

afghanistan. chuck hagel was near. first visit to afghanistan. the taliban says it want wanted to send a message. theson of usama bin laden pleetiond not guilty to killing americans in a new york city courtroom. abu gates was a top spokesman. appearing in several days after the attacks. several are outraged that he is being tried in manhattan instead of going to guantanamo bay. >> naval vessel, guam, anything in new york, anything other than a civilian trial. convenience to otherwise innocent people who live and work near the u.s. district court. >> white house officials say abu gates has given up key information on status personnel and finances.

just last week a massive 20-foot sink hole took down part of the home killing jeff bush while he was asleep. the home had since been torn down. >> offering flights from new york's jfk airport to amsterdam fueled by cooking oil. it's the first time biofuels are being used on a regular schedule on trans-atlantic flights. a special blend is 25% cooking oil. 75% jet fuel. sounds delicious. it doesn't require the pilots or maintenance crews to do anything extra. it does cost three times the price. the reason they're using it is that it is cleaner, they said. >> they're are passing the savings on to you. [ laughter ] >> alisyn: those are your headlines. >> tucker: have you ever been around one of those biofuel things. smells like dunkin' donuts. >> clayton: fry vat. that's how you lose weight

on the airlines. check in with maria molina this morning with a swath of air flowing behind you. is that about to hit us or moving out to sea. >> thankfully this storm is out to sea. rain and snow brought to the northeast along with strong winds finally moving out to sea. the snow is over across most of the northeast. we are talking about today a lot of sunshine and very mild temperatures but the storm did dump significant snowfall across sections of massachusetts. just shy of 30 inches of snow from the snow storm. in connecticut. 22.5 inches of snow and over in boston a little bit more than a foot of snow was recorded out there we do have a new storm that we are tracking this one to the west today. ahead of it moisture across sections of minnesota, iowa, missouri, down into parts of arkansas and into even sections of texas. the actual area of low pressure though right now across central portions of the rockies.

we do have some snow coming down across parts of colorado. parts of the state of utah. and this storm is going to produce blizzard conditions through the day today. we are talking gusts over 30 miles per hour possible in northeastern sections of colorado, also into nebraska and western sections of kansas. anywhere between 6 to 10 inches of snow is is first alert forecast in this area from the storm throughout the weekend. so, again, picking up some significant snow out here and some of these winter weather advisories do extend into sections of the state of minnesota and also into wisconsin where you have been looking at not just some snow but even some size. there is an ice storm warning across northeastern sections of north dakota. quarter inch of ice is possible. that's when we are talking about a dangerous commute out there. if you are heading out doors. on the southern end of the system very warm severe weather will be a concern. we are getting into that time of the year where they start to see that threat for tornadoes being more widespread or more often. and across texas, oklahoma. that will be the story today.

so heads up if you live in oklahoma city. and the city of class and austin. you do have that chance for isolated tornadoes today. large hail and damaging wind gusts from some of these thunderstorms that are going to be rolling on through throughout the day today. into the evening hours. this storm is headed eastbound. ahead of it is very mild. we are actually going to be enjoying mild temperatures across the northeast. new england, you will be seeing a lot of that snow melting today and into tomorrow temperatures in the 50s. that will keep precipitation in the form of rain for the most part for you in chicago. on the back end of this system. it will be getting a little cooler though. iowa. parts of missouri. you will be seeing some of that snowfall, heads up, kansas city. slippery commute coming up. slippery evening. tucker, clayton, ali? >> tucker: thank you. in case you weren't invited, there was a huge to do in venezuela this week. hugo chavez died. there was a massive funeral to which world leaders, some of them anyway paid their respects.

ahmadinejad was there. gregory meeks, the queens congressman embroiled in corruption sandals was sent by our president. >> he was dispatched by the president. this goes to show you how much president obama really likes hugo chavez. they dispatched the one democrat who is listed by some on the most corrupt list, the citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington has gregory meeks listed on their most corrupt list. they sent him down there. and a number of other hollywood celebrities also showed up. >> the reverend jesse jackson was there and sean penn. he has been a vocal supporter of hugo chavez for years. it's hard for me to understand the appeal. >> for most people. >> alisyn: dictator and totalitarian regime there. there is sean penn. he wrote an op ed about a year ago about what he -- how he supported chavez. he basically said that he objected to him ever being called a dictator because

he was democratically elected time and again. of course, he didn't mention the dubious election results. >> clayton: right. when you threaten people to vote a certain way and you put in your cronies in offices politically to keep other people out of it, the democratic way. >> tucker: can i ask an obvious question why are we sending anybody at all? he hated us. give you some sense of what the funeral was like. penn and jackson joined other mourners in shouting chavez didn't die. is he like jesus now. >> like he will he is living on? >> then ahmadinejad went up. kissed the funeral and said it is a great pain for us because we have lost a friend. >> these are the friends, of course. these are the people that hugo chavez buddied up to. fidel castro, of course. president ahmadinejad as you mentioned and others

our sworn enemies. >> tucker, you made great point after he said all these hateful anti-american things he compared our leaders to hitler. why are we even dignifying it with sending somebody to his funeral? >> yeah. other than, i don't know, maybe we should send congratulations. i mean, this is a brand new day for venezuela. this was a bad guy who looted the country. who killed people, who curtailed civil liberties and who hated us, i don't know why in the world we we pretend he is sad he is dead. >> clayton: selfish. this is a guy knew he was dying. he runs for re-election knowing that he was not going to give opportunity to another human being to be able to lead this country can tri. instead of doing that he decides he is going to do it for himself. it's all about him. he had that television show. he had his weekly he will presidente television show. he would go on and talk about ducks and random things every week. it was variety show he did. he just wanted to see

himself. >> if you are one of the many hollywood actors who is going to miss hugo chavez. is he being embalmed and kept in a glass case in caracas so you can file by, press your nose against the glass and weep a little bit. >> alisyn: he will be there in mortality. >> tucker: hope he keeps. >> alisyn: want to buy ammo for your gun then you better take anger management class. one lawmaker trying to make therapy for. >> tucker: what caused justin beach to flip out at a photographer. that's him the elf figure. ♪ jenna shared her recipe with sharon,

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♪ ♪ >> i said overeasy! now why did i do that? >> well, you want to take a deep breath and squeeze your stress ball for this one. a florida lawmaker says if you plan to buy bullets ammunition you need to book a anger management session. wants to make anger management mandatory for those who purchase ammo. news director of tea party news network. scotty, this is unbelievable. tell me what the point of this is. >> well, first of all, i think anybody that needs therapy are the ones that keep re electing this woman as well as other people like this into office. because this is a direct assault on our second amendment right. it seems like before they were attacking the guns.

we are not going to be able to take away measure's guns. would they love them too much. bulls. ridiculous laws pop up around the united states. whether it be a seven round limit going into the gun three day waiting period. other things called the narc laws. if you don't tell on somebody else in your office place that has a gun you yourself can be fired. these are these crazy laws. this is one more step to try to limit the use of gun control in this country. >> also the idea of this law, too. is to send a message. the message is that people that purchase ammunition has something wrong with. they they are angry and need therapy. >> therapy. if you use the same rationale that they are going to use with gun control to other things in life. like when you turn 16, more than likely you are going to get a speeding ticket at some point in your life. put you in defensive driving school and put you saturdays. 21 get your first drink or buy your first bottle of wine. might become alcoholic.

put new alcoholic's anonymous. considering that cardiovascular disease is the number one. when you go to buy your first stick of butter weight loss counselor. that's how ridiculous this law is. >> you are laughing but i have no question that in a year or two we'll be doing that segment on this show. here is a segment from audrey jackson. people are more impatient. i don't know what it is. not about guns but ammunition. not only for the safety of the general community. but also for theafety of law enforcement. it's about getting people to think really about how much ammunition they need and the presumption, of course is, that awfd did i gibson knows exactly how much ammunition you need. >> which is really gun considering her district alone, jacksonville, florida has for five years in a row led the state in domestic and violent crime rates. not only that it's higher than the entire safety florida crime rate and higher than the national violent crime rate. why are we taking advice from this woman?

why is she telling us how we need to act. leadership from plane know texas, voted the safest city in the united states. or maybe georgia. they don't have a very good crime rate there either. let's look at people who actually produce and put action behind their words. >> that is a fantastic criterion. i like it. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> come up, an american pastor beaten and tortured for five months in iranian jail is the white house doing enough to help set him free? then would you want your kids on the bus with this guy? bus driver caught texting behind the wheel and it isn't the first time he has done it we have got more coming up. gotcha ! got you ! you cannot escape the rebel forces ! ahhh.

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>> clayton: 24 minutes past the hour quick headlines for you. delta first major airline to object to tsa's new policy that will allow passengers to carry small lives on airplanes. company ever ceo telling t.s.a. he has legitimate security concerns with the policy that takes effect next month. u.s. army suspending tuition assistance program due to the sequester. they will be allowed to complete current courses and won't be able to sign up for new ones. the marine corps made up similar ones last weekend. navy is expected to do the same thing. >> alisyn: nine months since the american pastor held in iran seen children impact on his family is heart breaking. >> tucker: ed to starns just spoke to the pastor's wife and he joins us with clips of their conversation.

>> good morning. we were down in nashville. the two children rebekah and jacob have not seen their father. she has not seen her husband in almost a year now. and the strange thing is and as we are about to show you, they have not heard one single thing from president obama. beamerican pastor be a a continue any is a prisoner of iran sentenced to 8 years in one of all because of his christian faith. >> he has been there five months. beat ten, tortured, suffering, internal bleeding, suffering in some medical issues. and i would expect our government to take every action to want him released now. >> in 2009, three american hikers were captured by the iranians. both president obama and the secretary of state called for their immediate release. but in the be a be a dean any case the white house

has he usually quiet. >> i want you to tell me about the telephone call you received from president obama. >> i have not received a phone call from president obama. >> tell me about the telephone call you received from the secretary of state. >> i have not received any telephone calls from the secretary of state. unfortunately. >> the president has done nothing. the president hasn't said a word. he has not said his name. he has not called for his release. he has not publicly spoken out. >> the american center for law and justice has been mobilizing international support for the family. >> i believe the government has been silent on this case. with pastor. the reason why the actual executive branch leaders have not spoken out, we haven't heard it from john kerry. we haven't heard it from the president because he converted from islam to christianity. this is ♪ just someone's human rights being violated. it's an american who has their human rights being violated. >> neither the state department or the white house calls from fox news only public acknowledgment

when they said they were aware of the case and called for his release. meanwhile, she struggles to adjust to life as a single parent. >> i feel like i can deal with my emotions in some sense as an adult and try to understand and to some extent of what is happening. but the kids don't understand it and seeing them cry at night daddy, where are you why aren't you coming? i miss. >> you the most difficult time is bedtime when her husband would sing songs to rebekah and jacob ♪ one way ♪ jesus. >> they still ask me to sing the songs he he used to sing to them. for them it's comforting, for me it's heart breaking. it's remembering him. and while pastor saeed, languishes in prison they hold on to hope and faith with a song still deep in their hearts ♪ hope of a life

♪ spent with you ♪ >> now state department spokeswoman victoria nuland was asked about be a be a dean any thursday. ed-that's pathetic. not much of a response, is it. >> tucker, keep in mind american citizen, christian pastor being tortured in an iranian prison and the white house hasn't had the decency to pick up the telephone and call mrs. abedino and let her know what's going on. >> alisyn: how do we explain their silence. >> we can't. they are not talking. they issue these comments like you just heard from the state department and that's about it. but, at the end of the day, the state department actually told mrs. abedino there was nothing they could do to get her husband out of that prison. >> tucker: that's unbelievable. weave did take a time to send a representative to

hugo chavez's funeral. >> we have time to do that but we can't help a christian american pastor that's being imprisoned in iran simply because of his faith. >> alisyn: good for you for staying on it and alerting everybody and bringing awareness. let's see what happens on capitol hill. >> thanks. >> tucker: mellowed to to the national anthem isn't original. a lot more anthem trivia straight ahead. >> alisyn: don't mess with biebs. he goes off on a photographer. what got him so fired up? we have details after the break. [bleep] (music throughout)

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♪ ♪ >> that's four shot of the morning 888-year-old nanna who is quickly becoming internet sensation thanks to her dance moves. her grant daughterred posted it to youtube three days ago and it's already gotten 500,000 hits. >> oh my gosh. >> she is good. she is fantastic. >> you can imagine her in the 30's? >> it's like a subtle dance to really make you- >> -- that's pretty evokive. >> or provocative. >> it's 6:33 a.m. eastern time. >> the american public is

not ready for what you just did. >> clayton: i hope you are awake now. [ laughter ] >> alisyn: you dance like a granny, congratulations. >> clayton: i got my girdle on, let's rock. you can do headlines now? can you try that? >> alisyn: i'm going to try. here are your headlines. let's tell you what you have been missing while have you been sleeping. sportsman channel tv host shot to death by a man in an apparent jealous rage. gregory rodriguez the host of a rifleman's journal visiting a woman while on business in montana when her husband, wayne bennington burst in and shot him. bennington then beat his wife, left the scene and turned the gun on himself. police say rodriguez worked with bennington's wife and their relationship was not romantic. meanwhile a school bus driver in florida caught texting while driving for second time. robert sanchez suspects chi taking his eyes off the

road. >> worse than drunk driving. >> not only takes his eyes off. he has been suspended without pay. is he fighting back saying there were no kids on the bus at the time. and that he was using a speech detect program so he didn't have to actually type. i saw him typing for a second there. >> is he looking down to confirm what he said. >> what is this i'm doing? that was typing district officials are not buying his story. >> well whether the kids were on the bus or not, you are still operating a vehicle that can do considerable damage to include serious injury and possibly death. >> the idea siri speech recognition is you never have to glance down. read it back to you. is he not following the rules. >> theory is you are not supposed to use while driving a school bus. >> that should be a rule. 1k508 board plans to decide on possible further action next week it appears justin bieber is feeling better after fainting back stage in london thursday. >> got to move up [bleep]

[bleep] >> what did you say? what did you say [bleep] [bleep] who is your [bleep] move away. >> i find it hard to look tough in a red beanie, he can. you know. the 19-year-old pop star tried to fight a photographer outside his hotel. the body guard stepping in to keep arms from swinging. the biebs later tweeting ah rough morning, trying to feel better for this show tonight but let the paps paparazzi get the best of me. the paps. that's short for paparazzi. >> i would go ahead and spell it out. but then it takes up your whole tweet that's the problem. >> clayton: former tennis star wanted by police. there is warrant out for

her arrest after she punched her ex-boyfriend in the chest at a florida gym. her lawyer denying there is a warrant for her arrest and says the incident is greatly exaggerated first it was sweet 16 now spps spectacular 17. lebron james 25 points, 10 rebounds. the heat beat the philadelphia 76ers 102 to 93 for their 17th straight win. but while the heat stays hot the blackhawks finally cooled off. the nhl best team loss time in regulation last night. they fell 2062. colorado avalanche ending their consecutive point streak at 24 straight gains. and after being tied the lead for the first round of the wgc championship. tiger woods shot an impressive 65 including 8 birdies two shots of ahead of gram mcdowell.

early in this round. so tiger fighting back there there is a quick look at sports. tuck tunk good luck. well, every morning we play the national anthem before the show. while you know all the words, of course you do. there are a lot of facts about the star-spangled banner you probably don't know. >> alisyn: presidential historian knowns them. he is here with more. hey, nick. star-spangled banner we think we know everything. how did it start? >> it's actually interesting. it started as a poem. francis scott key was looking over the baltimore harbor during the war of 1814. inspired by the site that the flag was still there after the battle. what most people don't realize it was a long poem four verses. the song is first verse long poem immediately published in the papers of the day became more popular.

origins different than today. >> more than one verse. >> long. four verses. set to music that way it would be 10 minutes. cut into our sports playing time if we had to listen to that much. the song became set to old english music and just the first verse used to create the star-spangled banner. >> this is a song very much bound up with the history of baltimore and, yet, baltimore doesn't seem to get a lot of credit for the star sphang geld banner, does it? >> no. that's a great point, tucker. yeah. it derived from fort mchenry in baltimore. still there today. it's a great place to visit. people don't consider it they remember francis scott key, they don't necessarily remember this all took place in baltimore he watt appear temperature poet and lawyer of. it was really a long poem and it wasn't later that it was set to an old english popular hymn and became known what we know it as today. >> alisyn: let's take a listen to that old english

hymn ♪ ♪ ♪ >> clayton: is this old english drinking tune? i can see them drinking at a pub enjoying themselves? >> hold a few pints. as long as don't let clayton try that. >> alisyn: he he is already doing it how did it gain popularity so that now it is so embedded in our culture? >> it took a while because the poem was written in 1814. but it wasn't until herbert hoover of all people in 1831 that the national anthem. so it took about 100 years for it to sort of gain really popular acclaim to the point where it became our national hymn. most people think it was our national anthem immediately. but it took over 1100 years. and it is where it is

today. >> there were other songs running america the beautiful, i think was one of them. how did this win? how did star-spangled banner beat out the population. >> by popular demand. it wasn't crowd source back then. i think it became de facto that the song that people wanted to sing before sporting events and other big moments. it beat out america the beautiful. got bless america. and other songs that we occasionally use as our national anthem substitute. >> didn't do an "american idol" style text your favorite anthem to ryan seacrest. >> alisyn: as a side bar. i did a story on a group called madison rising. i don't know if you have ever heard them. they have been on our show once. they do a heavy metal hard rock version of the star spangled banner it is fantastic. i recommend everybody go to youtube and look up madison rising. gives you goose bumps. great song. maybe we can play it later. >> sort of like jimmie hendrix. >> similar to the jimmie hendrix. >> and also, nic, we should mention. thank you so much nic ragone for joining us from

d.c. go down towards nic's neck of the woods see the flag at the smithsonian museum in washington. go do it. hopefully that's open is that open with the sequester? >> tucker: no. >> clayton: smithsonian is privately funded. >> tucker: why cut the mow hair when you can close america's museums. >> alisyn: don't you mean the robotic squirrel? >> tucker: i shouldn't laugh. we are beating the on the seals. they join us next with that story. do we have a mower?

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>> alisyn: new series on the animal planet takes viewers on animal poaching in south africa. the magnificent rhino now on the edge of extension because of the high demand for their horns. who better to protect them than our next guest navy seals and one green beret who risked their lives to stop the illegal and deadly practice. the stars of battleground rhino wars. gentlemen, welcome. >> thank you. >> alisyn: great to have you here. tell us about rhino wars. who is fighting these wars. >> rhino wars a battle starting it take over and involve everybody. the precious rhinos of our planet are being poched by illegal as i understand cats and four man team who is trying to make a stake, make a stand for these animals. deter their extension he. >> alisyn: they are poached because their horns are so valuable for medicinal purposes. >> horn valued more than

twice the value of gold pergram. there is a lot of belief behind its magical properties for curing cancer, curing aids, after diebler ache. like under your nail bed. culturally engrained belief system that is not true. >> green beret. >> you guys are doing park ranger service. it seems like a strange fit because, of course that conjures images of us to yogi bear and stuff like that. did you think it was a strange fit. >> our background. we all special operations. we have lots of years of combat experience and training and we use that situation in the field to adjust to what, you know, to the threats we had over there the whole big thing is taking our skill set and taking it to south africa and then working with the locals that are there. the local rangers and stuff. we added a lot to what was already going on.

there really to build more awareness than anything else. >> awareness is key. this has nothing to do the faint of heart. the job that you guys are doing involves a lot of bravery. you are up against these as i understand cats, these poaching as i understand cats. furthermore i heard that one of your fears any given day you could be eaten by lions out there. i didn't think any one of us want to get eaten. we don't want to put ourselves in a situation to be at risk. that's why we did training. we got to train with some of the best guys over there on tracking and how to act around the animals. really cool experience all in all. ultimately, we don't want to we respect wildlife in general. we respect the wildlife while we are there. we don't put ourselves in those situations if we can help it. a time going after a poacher calculated risk. there is lions in here. we need to do our job. we are used to that all these guys. we have a great team.

all used to doing stuff like this and taking those risks. >> furthermore, there have been 100 park rangers who were killed by poachers. >> right. >> this is dangerous work? >> >> yeah, it is. some of them have been killed by the animals poachers doing the killing. poachers they arrive and they have preaction team and oftentimes they are mercenaries armed with ak 47s specifically to kill anyone who might get in their way. >> but, this is a labor of love in some part for you. you have to feel passionate about the cause. >> as soon as you lay hands on that animal. game over. >> alisyn: what's so special. >> what's special about the entire thing, we all serve our country. this goes into that our ability to still give for worthy cause. this is an opportunity for us, if you had a chance to make a difference. would you? we were given the opportunity to saul brought us on board with the production company with animal planet and aqua vision and gay us a chance to do something that we never thought we could do.

>> alisyn: al that's really cool. people should check out animal planet's rhino wars. thanks rob. >> is he not here. he is here and is he here but-but he not here. >> alisyn: see him on rhino wars. young intern's life cut short after a lion attacks her at a cat sanctuary. could this tragedy have been prevent? we ask a wildlife expert coming up. and what billionaire new york city mayor mike bloomberg is saying about homeless shelters that have some people claiming he is totally out of touch. coming up. pppp÷÷ppó

>> alisyn: investigation into a deadly lion attack that killed 24 intern diana hanson is focusing on a cage door from which the a 50-pound african line named kus-kus to escape. >> what caused that lion to attack and break his helper's neck? >> clayton: dave city wild things. 22-acre florida reserve down there. nice to see you this morning, cathy. welcome to the show. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> so the question is, i mean, does this sort of thing happen all the time? certainly in florida there are a number of these reserves in areas where we have had a number of attacks in the past. >> really, there has only been in the last five years three deaths in the united states two of them in the zoo. it's not as common as you think. >> do we have any sense of why the cat attacked this poor intern?

>> of course, i don't know the details completely of this case. but my experience i would suspect something that he was just trying to play with her. he had snuck up and she was not aware that he was coming and. are you have to deal with that kind of power. it's -- you know, they can hurt us just not meaning to. >> alisyn: reportedly, the lion was able to lift the door on his own cage. have you ever seen that happen before? >> i have had firsthand knowledge of seeing that personally even at our facility that's why all of our shift doors have locks on them just like exterior gates. they all should have some kind of locking mechanism so that can't happen. >> we all hear and the arguments from advocates of these animals come out after something like this happens and say this is an example why they should not be caged and closed habitats like that. what do you say to that? >> well, we have to have of restrictions. and there is protocols in place to keep that safe for

us. unfortunately, some mistakes are made by humans and that's a problem. like an occupational hazard. we have to be concerned with those kind of things to keep it safe. statistically really there is not as much danger. you are more likely to have gotten hurt at daytona race here in florida than you are by a big cat. >> i want to read a statement here on what happened. i'm quoting. we want to assure the community that we have followed all safety protocols. we have been incident-free since 1998 when we opened. that's a quote from dale anderson, founder of project survivals cat haven in florida. >> cathy starns, thanks so much. you are from the director of dated city wild. we appreciate your expertise. thanks, cathy. >> thank you. >> tucker: many illegal immigrants in the country illegally getting college cheaper than citizens is that fair? we report. you decide. turk

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>> good morning, everyone. it's saturday, march 9th. i'm alisyn camerota. that's tucker's shoulder. >> tucker: i wanted to be lois to you. >> alisyn: lefties out in full force mourning the death of a dictator find out who else attended the funeral services for hugo chavez. >> and is billionaire new york city mayor mike bloomberg out of touch? of course he is out of touch hear what he said about homeless shelters that has some people scratching their heads. >> clayton: find out which state is the first in the country to allow teachers to carry guns on the job. "fox & friends" hour two starts right now. ♪

>> clayton: top of the if you have fin to you: that's tucker carlson, alisyn camerota. i'm clayton morris, thanks for waking up with us. get your emails and tweets in now. coming up in a little bit it may kohl's you to send that email. one california lawmaker is proposing how to -- you know that big budget problem that the post office has? >> alisyn: sure. >> clayton: why not deal with the stamps. we are going to tax emails. every email you send you may be taxed if you live in california. >> alisyn: i would go broke. >> tucker: to support the post office the least efficient organization in the world? >> clayton: that would be brilliant stroke. ff weekend is our account. >> tucker: take something that works great and wreck it to support something that doesn't work at all. speaking of logic. hugo chavez died in venezuela this week. caracas the scene this week of a massive funeral to which the united states sent representative gregory meeks of new york.

ethically challenged democratic congressman. he was our official representative. he wasn't the only person who attend. mahmoud ahmadinejad, of course the leader of iran was there along with a bunch of other dictators and hollywood celebrities. >> alisyn: yeah, sean penn long been a supporter of chavez was there. and, you know, it's interesting what his long attraction to chavez is. i mean, he at one point wrote an op. ed about it saying that why does everybody call this guy a dictator? let's remember he has been democratically elected time and again by venezuelan people. >> clayton: strong arm tactics. whether you have government contracts. he put his friends and other people in place so that no one else because he had access to this. strong orme people into voting certain ways. no wonder he would win election after election and selfishly, too. he knew he was dying. he knew he had major health concerns. he runs for re-election. instead of giving somebody else the opportunity to lead his country. he decides to run it himself. shooting protesters, too,

that helps. he did quite a bit of that. here's the scene at the funeral as described by the "new york post" this morning. during the service, sean penn and jesse jackson who needless to say was there. always on the scene of every appalling event, joined other mourners in shouting, quote, chavez didn't die. chavez in their view apparently like jesus has been rest resurrected. great pain for us. lost a friend. he said that as he ran up to kiss chavez's flag-draped coffin. bipartisan. >> did i hear that he receive standing ovation. >> he did. he hated us. why did the obama administration send an envoy to this thing? >> clayton: did president obama pick up the phone and call gregory meeks. >> alisyn: or did he go. >> clayton: on his own accord? >> tucker: he said he was sent by the white house. >> clayton: one of the most ethically challenged members of the white house

flown to attend this thing. >> tucker: he has driven this country into poverty. why make a hero out of this one? >> alisyn: i have never been attracted to totalitarian. >> tucker: good for you, alisyn. >> alisyn: that is not aphrodisiac. that is not an aphrodisiac. >> tucker: 50/50. let us know what you think about that friends@foxnews.com. more on that a little bit later. >> alisyn: here are your headlines. they are in the country illegally but now getting low tuition rates. lawmakers in colorado allows anyone who graduates from a colorado high school to pay inn. state tuition regardless of immigration status. meanwhile, nonresident tuition can cost three times as much as instate. governor john hicken loper is expected to sign that bill into law.

first state to allow teachers to carry guns in wake of the school shooting tragedy. it will be up to local school districts to decide how the weapons policy will work. several other states have proposals but no others yet have become law. don't forget tonight we all lose an hour of sleep. we're springing forward into daylight saving time. giving us one more hour of sunlight but one less hour of sleep. >> clayton: can we do away with this arc cake? >> alisyn: let's do away with it tonight and show up at the regularly appointed time. >> clayton: that's what we will do tonight. i like that. >> alisyn: set your clocks ahead at 2:00 a.m. but do not tune in here tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. because the screen will be completely black. okay. >> clayton: rerun of people's court on that

hour. >> alisyn: take a look at this ice island that formed in the middle of lake michigan. outdoor enthusiast and his family captured these incredible pictures. freezing temperatures and high winds dumped the ice into mountains like this. residents say it took between 6 and 8 weeks to form. >> oh, looks chilly. and speaking of maria is at the weather center to tell us what to look for in the coming days. maria, what's going on? >> good to see you. good morning, everybody. if you live in the northeast good news for you. we don't have a chilly first alert forecast in store few you. temperatures will be mild in the 50s and a lot of the snow that fell over the last several days across sections of new england and also into areas further south is actually going to be melting. so good news. we did get close to 30 inches of snow across sections of massachusetts and connecticut. 22.5 inches of snow recorded and boston 13.1 inches. pretty significant snowfall snow storm in areas across the northeast. today very mild.

51 degrees will be your high temperature in new york city. cleveland mild as well. 47 degrees for you. in texas it's going to be a warm day in san diego. 77 degrees for temperature. front headed eastbound ahead of that system. do you get that winds out of the south pumping up that warmer air behind it know this is much colder. 33 degrees in the city of denver, you will actually be seeing significant snowfall throughout the day today into tonight across the entire stection of colorado, parts of nebraska and also across wyoming. 6 to 10 inches first alert forecast. locally though higher amounts are possible and also across sections of the rockies that's where you could be looking at some of the higher totals. ahead the system very mild we have areas of rain we are going to to see some strong winds. there are a number of blizzard warnings in effect. across northeastern sections of north today. they -- north dakota: >> yesterday we got hit

with a bit of a storm here in manhattan. and, of course, a the love the homeless folks that live here in manhattan trying to go to shelters to seek shelter because of the snow and cold and frigid temperatures. we have a homeless problem here in manhattan. cheryl's are overrun. mayor michael bloomberg took to the radio yesterday to address this issue and what he said has been causing quite a bit of controversy. listen to his comefnts on the radio yesterday. you can you can arrive in your private jet kennedy airport and private magazine go straight to the shelter system and we have to give you shelter. that's what the law is i didn't write the law. >> alisyn: it's absurd that shelters are overrun because you can arrive in your private jet and anybody goes to a shemplet even homeless people. hundreds of homeless people every night on the streets of new york who don't want to go to a shelter because the conditions there are so often deplorable that they stay in freezing cold. that's not why the city has a homeless problem because

they just fling over open the door to anybody who doesn't want to get a hotel, just go to a homeless shelter. that's not the problem in new york. there are other problems. >> tucker: that's for sure. overwhelming people begging on the streets of new york and every city i have been in either mentally ill and chem mickly dependent. as long as we still pretend housing is the problem. isn't enough room for people. country filled with empty homes this problem will continue. a lot of these people cannot help themselves. they are beyond helping themselves. >> here is what the coalition for the homeless had to say about. this ludicrous to claim that people are flying in private jets and taking private limos to the shelter system. at issue, of course is, a law that manhattan that says that if you come to a shelter and you -- you are seeking shelter, they have to provide it four. they have been overrun. and the mayor basically saying there is is a law, the advantage law. >> program called advantage where they used to -- the city used to provide subsidies for people in low

income housing. >> the reason we have this problem now is because that program has been cut. and now we cannot provide sort of low rent subsidies for housing anymore for people to get off the shelter system. so thought shelter system is overrun. we don't have the low risk subsubsidy. >> tucker: kits friend i can't one of the worst illnesses imaginable. hearing voices and seeing things live on the street. people die every year of exposure because they are too mentally ill to go inside? why is that compassionate to allow that? >> alisyn: city controller had thoughts about what the mayor said. only an out-of-touch mayor who travels by private jet and limo would make such a wise crack about a homeless crisis that has worsened under his careless watch. >> coming up, he he praised the september 11th terror attacks. instead of going to get mow, the son-in-law of usama bin laden is getting a trial in new york city. should he get the same rights as an american citizen? we will discuss.

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>> if this individual got his miranda rights and i'm confident he did because any good lawyer is going to tell his or her client to do that, then we are deprived of the ability to interrogate this person and thereby perhaps being able to prevent attacks on the united states of america. second of all, in all due respect, this man is not a common criminal. is he a member of the al qaeda hierarchy, being that close to usama bin laden and he clearly in my view qualifies as an enemy combatant which means he is

tried by military commission. that was senator john mccain on the arrest of son-in-law. should have terrorists conspiring killing americans have the same rights as american citizen? here with fox news chief correspondent catherine herridge. thanks for coming up. what's the idea of trying this man in new york holding him here rather than guantanamo bay. >> this is really consistent with the owe obama administration's approach to terrorism which this s. this law enforcement model bringing them to the u.s. courts and prosecuting there. the question is at what point was he read his rights and at what point did he stop cooperating? because the value of abu ghaith is not that he had operational information but that he understood or had information about this very murky relationship between al qaeda and tehran. he was in iran for about a decade. and one of the lingering questions of 9/11 is whether there was any iranian support for the attack.

we know that 14 of the hijackers used the border with iran to get in and out of afghanistan. that is one of the lingering question. what we heard is there are 22 statements of abu ghaith made. there that is only two pages for every year we was in iran. i would argue he has more information than we got from him in these initial discussions. >> tucker: it seems a little odd. presumably he is a sunni muslim. iran is is a shiite dominated country. there has been tension between those two branches of islam. what was he doing in iran? do we have any idea? >> well, he went to iran about the time after the fall of torah bora. let's say 2001, 2002. one of the questions for investigators has been whether he was there with the rest of the win laden family and the children under house arrest so he is very limited in his operations or whether really iran was providing a safe haven for al qaeda. and that's an important question. because, if you go back to the 9/11 commission report

itself. which i have for this hit. and you read through the documents. what it says is that the hijackers moved in and out of iran in many cases. the border guards were told not to stamp their passports. and after the bombing of the "u.s.s. cole" in 2000. there was an approach by iran to al qaeda to try to work together. the conventional wisdom has been that sunni group and she a group could not work together. in fact, what did we see then? maybe we saw a situation where we had the enemy of my enemy is my friend and that they were willing to work together. and this is the pivotal kind of information that abu ghaith would have. this would be firsthand knowledge about the conditions of his house arrest or whether this was in fact a safe haven in tehran for senior members of al qaeda. especially bin laden's children. >> tucker: sounds like it's worth knowing the answer to those questions. finally what is the status of those six outstanding legal opinions on drones that haven't been shown to congress?

what do we know? >> what we learned through our reporting this week, tucker, is that there are 11 legal opinions that are the underpinning or they justify the obama administration's expansion of the drone campaign. not only against american citizens. but also foreign nationals overseas. and what we saw the white house do in the last week is really move heaven and earth to get john brennan through as cia director. they provided only on a very limited basis five of the 11 legal opinions. that means that there are six that are not subject to oversight by congress. what the aclu has told fox is that they believe those six memos have even more expansive authorities for the president. perhaps even the distribution of military assets without having to get congressional approval. they believe one of the reasons these six have been held back from congress is because of the potential reaction from congress. there is really, at the end of the day, not been great transparency on the 11 memos, only five shown to congress. >> tucker: held back from congress because they fear congress' reaction.

that helps you a whole lot. catherine herridge. that was really interesting. thanks a lot. >> thanks for having me. >> tucker: spring break around the corner. instead of heading to disney with your kids. why not try yellow stone national park it could change their lives. break down the places your kids really ought to see. that's coming up. a lawmaker has a way to save the struggling post office. just tax your email. sound like a good plan? we will report. you decide. ♪

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>> clayton: first up, $3.5 billion. that's how much money federal workers and retirees owe the united states government. irs data show the department of houses and urban development has the highest delinquency rate at 4.4%. next $6 million. that's how much the department of health and human services is paying for parking spaces for employees in maryland. each. the 1076 space cost over 1100 bucks per year for the next five years. those are pricey parking spots. finally $16 billion. that's how much u.s. postal service lost last year alone. now, some california lawmakers want to tax emails to make up for the revenue. they say charging even a cent per gig go by the could generate billions in profits. alli? >> alisyn: you planning to take your kids to disney world? why not take them on a trip to gettysburg instead. our next guest says not only will they love it, they will actually learn something. keith bellows is the editor

and chief of national gee graphic traveler magazine and author of the new book 100 places that can change your child's life from your backyard to the end of the earth. welcome, keith. >> hi. >> alisyn: it's a great book, great topic. parents looking for places to bring their kids. why do you say travel is the best learning tool? >> well, because there is no better classroom in the world. and if you just look at how much time you spend in the classroom, one week in a place like, you know, london or gettysburg or wherever you want to choose to go is much richer. it's much more learning experience. kids are immersed in a place they are immersed in learning. >> you can't take them on forced march past monuments they have to be invested. how do parents prep for that. >> you engage them. and let them understand the kind of place you are going. do a game when we are getting ready to go some place. ireland day if we are going to go to ireland which we haven't done yet. you are eating the irish

food. listening to irish music. reading irish stories. immerse yourself in the culture. then you ask them what they want to do. give them time during the day to plan the things that mean the most to them. >> alisyn: that's really cool. you have some suggestions in this country that you say are great learning experiences for kids. yellow stone. >> first national park. it is an absolute wonderland. obviously you have old faithful. you have got cool things like little laser guns that you can point check the cherm mall temperature of hot pools. animals, i suggest you get a guide. that's the way you are going to see them. unless you have someone point them out you are going to miss it it's a terrific place. it's our national heritage, our legacy. >> alisyn: that does sound cool. gettysburg. >> biggest land battle in american history where lincoln did the address. talk about civil war. importance to a child. they sort of get that but you walk across this battlefield. happened in july.

1863. you know, it's cloudy sky. they can start to experience the dimension of the place. they can get a little bit of the feeling of what it might have been like if they were 18 years old and wearing 120 pounds on their back. you know, just -- it's visceral. >> alisyn: may we add it's free. that's helpful for parents it? >> is free. >> alisyn: washington, d.c., how would you begin to tackle that with kids? >> well, almost everything there is free, too. i chose the library of congress because not only is it the biggest library in the world. if you say to a child i'm going to take you to the library they go not happening. if you actually take them in there, it is -- what i suggest they do is they do a scavenger hunt. national treasure was the movie and so kids have a national connection there. there are so many symbols. so many hidden objects. so much stuff that they can excites them about finding out more. lots of interactive displays. 500 miles of shelving.

they add 10,000 items a day. extraordinary repository. it's fun. >> alisyn: that does sound good. i want to go right now. keith bell lois. the book is great. a hundred places that can change your child's life. thanks for giving us some tips. >> my pleasure. >> clayton: coming up on the show she is the conservative voice of "the view." is that the reason why elisabeth hasselbeck is reported ofly getting a boot from the show? take a look at this next. celebrating one of my favorite days here. one of. >> alisyn: ly's favorite day too. national meatball day. momma manchinis outside with recipes. >> alisyn: come to mommy that. jenna shared her recipe with sharon, who emailed it to emily, who sent it to cindy, who wondered why her soup wasn't quite the same. the recipe's not the recipe... ohhh. [ female announcer ] ...without swanson.

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>> clayton: daytimes are about to get a little bit different. if you are a fan of "the view" and a fan of elisabeth hasselbeck there she is getting booted from "the view." >> alisyn: reportedly. it's a rumor. >> clayton: it's a rumor? >> alisyn: she hasn't confirmed it. >> tucker: hasn't returned a call to the "new york post." the post has a good track

record on tv coverage. >> clayton: here. >> let me speak. >> you are going to double speak. >> it's just a yes he or a. >> no i'm not a double speaker. i don't put suggestions out there that lead people to think things and then not answer my own question. >> especially since. >> can i finish? can i finish? >> go ahead, elizabeth. >> no, no. whoopi. i didn't say boo. >> i'm saying this sometimes happens whenever you are having a conversation with someone. >> i stopped so you go ahead and finish. >> alisyn: by the way, she has been the sole republican voice on the show. her co-hosts are very liberal. and so the suggestion today is that she will be ousted because the viewers didn't like her conservative viewpoints or her republican viewpoints. i find that very hard to believe because, as we know, half of the country identifies themselves as republicans. she is the only republican voice on the show. the idea that the audience didn't like a mix of opinions and her representing the other side

seems to it might be just a smear campaign. maybe they want her off the show maybe she wants to be off the show. seems hardly to be because she is not a right wing zealot. she is just a republican. >> tucker: maybe she got worn out. can you imagine going up against super aggressive and i think frankly a little bit annoying co-hosts every day who are just in your face all the time patronizing you, not letting you talk? she did a good job but maybe she is tired. >> joy behar was there for 16 years. i didn't believe the show was 16 years old. >> admit it, clayton and tucker, you have guys really ever watched "the view"? >> tucker: for me it's appointment viewing because i hate myself and i want to be unhappy. that's why i watch it every day. >> alisyn: no is of respecting man. >> i only watched it when i thought one of my favorite musicians was going to be on it. >> tucker: i was on it. >> alisyn: as a guest or co-host.

>> tucker: when i worked at another network i was forced to go on it. it was nails on a chalkboard for me. i'm sure god loves joy behar. i'm sure she is nice person. boy, she is tough on the air. >> alisyn: suggestions who might replace some of these individuals on there this was my first childhood crush. >> alisyn: joy behar? >> clayton: brook shields. i remember seeing her at the grocery store with my mom as a little boy wow that woman is beautiful. i wouldn't be averse to her filling in for one of them. >> tucker: you are not alone in that. >> alisyn: she was my first childhood crush. because i think i saw her once when i was like 11 years old on a class trip and i was completely star struck. >> tucker: sarah palin. actress lisa dunham. ann curry, hillary clinton. i think, you know, i'm kind of happy with brook shields. i think she would be great.

>> carl: elisabeth hasselbeck i don't know if thee is a republican. >> alisyn: she has said she is a republican. >> tucker: conservative. she is conservative and considering sarah palin who is perhaps more conservative. tea party. >> alisyn: it doesn't ring true that the audience didn't like her because she is a republican. that doesn't make sense. >> tucker: palin might be good at that. >> tucker: maybe they need a shakeup like they do on "american idol" bring in new blood. >> alisyn: elisabeth hasselbeck hasn't confirmed any of this. we don't know if it's true. >> tucker: dunham would stay clothed, right? >> alisyn: i don't know it seems hard for her to keep other clothing on. >> tucker: i would want it in writing. >> clayton: reverse for brook shields. >> alisyn: a new york congressman is calling for extensive security review at new york liberty international airport in wake of a shocking report that an undercover tsa agent got through two security checkpoints with a bomb in his pants. all part of a test by the

agency. but republican peter king says he wants a top-to-bottom review of the troubled new jersey airport. we need more bottom reviews. security expert says these things happen all the time. they are just not made public. >> do things get through? is it something that something could get in? absolutely. does t.s.a. constantly trying to make it better? constantly test themselves and encourage outside agencies to test them? they do. >> alisyn: tsa would not confirm the details of the operation but says regularly puts screeners through the most difficult and isolated training scenarios to ensure that officers are able to detect even the most difficult to find devices. well the california wildlife sanctuary killed by lion this week, cat haven has been closed since that horrible tragedy wednesday. 24-year-old intesh diana hanson was clearing clearing, cleaning the containing of a lion when it broke out of its pen and

killed her. they believe her tragic death was just an accident and no laws were broken. well, the storm causing a home to collapse in massachusetts. spilling its belongings into the ocean. foundation and the beach in front of the how's roded through the winter as the coast is battered by several severe storms. no one was in the house. the opener lives in florida and learned about the collapse from a neighbor. >> one moment it was there all of a sudden it just gave away. >> we just saw it slide right down and heard the crash and i said oh, my god, it brought tears to my eyes. >> alisyn: this home and two other homes about to collapse nearby will be torn down. massachusetts usually very beautiful. those are your headlines. >> clayton: check in with maria molina. >> alisyn: you need a bib. >> they smell amazing over

here. good news for national meatball day as you head out doors in new york city actually enjoying a relatively mild day as we head into the afternoon with high temperatures into the 50s. do i have to say this morning it is a little bit on the chilly side. right now 37 degrees here and when the breezes pick up it feels a little chillier than that you do need the coat earlier this morning. a lot of sun shining not just in new york city but that will be the story across most of the northeast. that's good news. we have got a lot of snow from the last snow storm over the last couple of days up to or just shy of 30 inches across ection is of massachusetts so a lot of shea that snow should be melting. we did have a new storm further west. the area of low pressure is actually across similar portions of the rockies. denver area, utah. into new mexico. blizzard warnings in effect across northeastern sections of colorado to western portions of kansas and nebraska. talking 6 to 10 inches of snow. locally higher amounts. especially as you head into higher elevations and the winds gusting over 30 miles per hour. north and east of that, we actually do have freezing rain falling right now

across some areas of parts of the upper midwest. and we do have ice storm warning in effect across northeastern parts of the state of south dakota. because up to a quarter inch of ice can accumulate. we are talking power lines, possibly coming down. and even tree branches on the southern side of the system. warming up for severe weather. texas, oklahoma, heads up. can you looking at isolated severe weather and also damaging wind gusts. now let's head over to clayton for national meatball day and more on the meatballs. >> this is a segment i can get behind, thank you, maria. if you are mad about meatballs and told is your holiday. national meatball day and help us celebrate. daniel that mancini is here. my co-host alisyn just told me if i don't bring her two meatballs after the segment she is going to punch me in the face. >> that's the normal reaction to these meatballs >> clayton: why did you decide to get into the meatball business and how did you come up with it?

>> i was in the clothing business and i tried a few years ago to switch careers. i learned the recipe from my grandmother. i stayed close by my grandmother. used them my whole life while i was making garments on 7th avenue. a few years ago i decided time to make a change. everyone wears clothes. what's next? everyone has to eat. everyone loves my meatballs when i made them and my grand mother made them. >> clayton: people can buy the meatballs themselves. this is old school. my mom wouldn't write down a lot of the recipes. your grandmother never wrote down the less pay to meat balls, right? how did you get the recipe. >> i sat by her little little kid. sat me on the stool in the kitchennenned appear i would watch her cook. my grandmother didn't have reas pay book. they didn't exist maybe that one betty crocker book. recipes stored in her heart. i had to get them out of her. i just learned them. >> clayton: see how we can go through meatballs here and do creative stuff.

what i'm doing here is i'm -- being that today is national meatball day, right? you can buy my meatballs in any supermarket. go to momma mancini.com. i have a restaurant called meatball obsession and serve meatballs this way. i want to show everyone how to serve a meatball different than the way we are taught. typically pasta or a sandwich. >> clayton: you have pesto. >> deacon instructed pesto. pine nuts and fresh basil and parmesan cheese. right? >> clayton: delicious. over here you have little pass tall te'o in there. >> peas and you think i don't knows. this is mozzarella pearls. take fresh mozzarella. >> you don't each need to worry about the pasta if you are not doing carbs and want to do straight up meatballs that's the way to go. >> here this looks like is that broccoli. >> roastedcoal flower.

cauliflower. here in the united states we have done the reverse, giant bowl of pasta and meatballs. >> this is how i grew up. on sunday my grandmother would make the big dinner with the pass attachment monday imcome home from school meatballs in a coffee cup. >> clayton: did k. i have two meatballs to take into alisyn, please? >> absolutely. >> clayton: this is violence in the workplace. alisyn. i don't know if you read the employee handbook. >> alisyn: keep her tame. >> clayton: i'm bringing this in for you. >> alisyn: i hope you are. >> tucker: i'm coming out to get some in a second.

>> alisyn: no anybody else before it gets in here. thanks, clayton. >> tucker: woman on college campus said she would have felt safer if she had a gun. this is the response she got have from a democratic lawmaker. >> i just want to say that actually statistics are not on your side even if you had a gun. >> tucker: women being layted like victims by tores. >> rick springfield being picked up by police. the reason for his arrest. it might be this outfit next. hey. they're coming. yeah. british.

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the high seas. came down with a bat of the neurovirus during that 11 night voyage. and rocker rick springfield back home this morning after a short stint in the slammer. ♪ you know i wish that i had jessie's girl. >> jessie's girl singer arrested at l.a. home for missing a court date for a prior dui. ali? >> alisyn: look how cute he is. surprising response from a colorado state senator eddy to female rape survivor amanda collins. listen to this exchange. >> i just want to say that actually statistics are are not on your side even if you had had a gun. the coalition against do you go gun. >> can i respond to that. >> just wait. >> for every one woman who used a handgun to kill someone in self-defense, 83 were murdered by them. >> respectfully, senator, you weren't there.

i know, without a doubt in my mind, at some point i would have been able to stop my attack by using my firearm. he already had a weapon of his own. he didn't need mine. >> that young woman amanda clinsz joined us on "fox & friends" on friday and had this to say about how she should be able to protect herself. >> it's interesting that they are talking about all the things that women can do to reduce their risk. and i talked about the experience i had in martial arts training and everything that i had done to reduce my risk to show them that that's all it is is risk reduction and it's not a guarantee. and that my choice in how i want to protect myself should not be mandated by the government. >> alisyn: should lawmakers decide how you get to defend yourself from violent attack. joining us is jennifer, executive vice president of i am self-and secretary of defense self-defense instructor.

thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> a colorado lawmaker who doesn't want women -- well, really anyone to be able to be on college campuses with a gun and then a victim here who was on the university of nevada's campus when she was sexually assaulted saying that she sure wishes she had had a gun? >> you know, i think it's disgraceful. you are in a position where you have got a senator who is saying women are almost incapable of learning a skill set. and that skill set being how to properly carry a firearm if they choose to do that. and use it for self-defense. >> alisyn: what the lawmaker is saying is that statistics are not on women's side. that it's more likely that women will be victimized and be able to shoot a gun. is that accurate? >> you know, i can find the statistic for just about anything. i like to point out that actually in 91% of situations, if an attacker approaches somebody who is armed, they will 91% of the time break off that attack. so, you can always find another statistic. >> alisyn: this young woman who was victimized. she said she had done all

the right things. she actually did know self-defense. >> right. >> alisyn: she had taken tiquando. she just was overpowered. >> absolutely. that can happen. one of the things i am safe. that's one of the many tools you can have on your side. the other thing, too is training is different than training in the street. it's very violent and quick interaction. very different from something that's done in controlled studio and obviously the senator didn't realize maybe the difference. >> alisyn: indeed. jennifer, i will tweet out your recommendations for how women canrotect themselves. thanks so much for coming in and your expertise. >> thank you. >> alisyn: coming up, makes hosting "american idol" a breeze. he was terrified at his own audition. jennifer mccarthy got an one-on-one interview with the star. what he said next.

>> clayton: welcome back to "fox & friends." when it comes to a work aalcoholic in hollywood no one fits the bill rather than ryan seacrest. he had 10 jobs at one. radio show host, "american idol," works the red carpet e and executive producer of kardashians show franchise. he had a few minutes to spare with our kevin mccarthy. you got to see him on the plaza the other day. >> i did. it's awesome to be here geeing out with clayton. carved out time to talk with me promotion taking microphone across america 13 city tour. idol fans will be taking the mike swimming and running and everything with the microphones. i had a chance to catch up. package right here. >> this is "american idol." [. [cheers and applause] >> i remember my you audition which i was terrified to go through. i was standing at fox and

in the executive office and they said beings okay, here is what has happened. a con tis tant has just sung and they lost their parent this week and they are singing about that and you have got to go in and, you know, console them and also get us to a commercial. i thought i'm confused. i don't even know what they just said to me. you know, so you go in and try to do your best. after the audition, i thought i didn't get this job. >> where is is that balance of, you know, keeping that excitement but also not taking on so much that you start dreading the work? >> well, i think there was a time where i didn't have any of it. i remember wanting to do what i do. and not doing it. i also believe in hard work. i'm not that great at anything. right? >> yes, you are. >> i can't play an instrument or i can't sing. i feel like the more success or the more opportunity that i get the harder i want to work. >> making it happen? >> making it happen. >> what is the difference between radio ryan seacrest and tv when it comes to broadcast. >> broadcasting me talking about people's relationships and things like that. in terms of my vibe, i have

less jackets on the radio. and more sweats on the radio. and a few more hats. >> if i want to do the harlem shake walking around manhattan, i saw your video online, what tip can you give me? >> it was like 10 takes for me to get. >> what was the punch you were doing? show this real quick what were you doing? >> what was i do? like this? >> new version. do you it? >> like this? >> is that right? >> you can't connect. >> angst inside of me. somehow it got out. >> ladies across america, if you see me doing that in the club, please join me. >> or run away. >> run away from me immediately. honestly, it is an honor to speak with imh i admire his work. amazing broadcaster. it was cool to sit across from him and talk to him. >> clayton: is he a great talent. can he do all of those jobs with ease. great to he sue. >> great to see you as well. i will be doing the geek out dance in the club. i'm doing back flips and cartwheels. >> clayton: ladies, if you see him troorks try to avoid him: it's officials.

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>> alisyn: good morning, everyone. it's saturday, march 9th. i'm alisyn camerota. thanks for joining us. it's supposed to be government for the people. but starting today. tours of the white house, the people's house are officially cancelled while other lavish government spending continues. >> oh not surprising. and did you see yesterday's unemployment numbers? seems like great news, right? not so when you check the fine print beneath the fawning headlines. governor huckabee is here to weigh in on that. >> there he is. and he had the perfect proposal planned until she was literally swept off her feet. watch this. wow, the story behind that video. "fox & friends" hour three starts right -- that's a proposal you wouldn't forget. >> memorable.

>> this is james lipton, you are watching "fox & friends" the most -- well, prestigious show in the cable news genre. >> who is that man? >> james lipton inside "fox & friends" studio. welcome to the show this morning. >> alisyn: are you going to use that accent for the rest of the show? >> clayton: i will. alisyn camerota is a beauty. tucker carlson an immense talent. >> tucker: thank you, clayton. >> clayton: i use it around the house that's why my wife kicks me out. >> alisyn: we have a fox news alert. soccer fans in egypt are building buildings in protest of a court ruling. smoke and flames pulling out of egypt's soccer federation in cairo. dozen of fans set it on fire in response to acquit seven police officials and confirm death sentences for 21 people in connection with to a stadium riot last

february that left 74 people dead. also reportedly burned a nearby police department. keep an eye on that. meanwhile, also a pair of deadly attacks in afghanistan overnight. 18 people were killed. first a homicide bomber exploded outside a afghan defense ministry in kabul. another attack took place at police station in eastern afghanistan. new defense secretary chuck hagel was nearby in his first visit to afghanistan. the taliban is claiming responsibility. saying it wanted to send a message to secretary hagel. well, florida home that was swallowed by a sink hole declared sink hole-free just months before the ground gave way killing a man. we're now learning an insurance agent inspected the home in september and said there was no risk. just last week that massive 20-foot sink home took home part of the home and killed jeff bush while he was asleep. the home has since been torn down. they are in the country

illegally now they are getting lower television rates. just passed a bill who allows anyone who graduates from a colorado high school to pay instate tuition regardless of their immigration status. meanwhile, nonresident tuition can can cost as much as three times that amount. governor john hickenlooper is expected to sign the bill into law. those are your headlines. >> we have been promised warmer temperatures in the 60's after that massive snowfall. will it be true. maria mow lien n for rick reichmuth. is it true. >> it depends where you are. if you are in new york city. it is not true. talking about a high temperature today at about 51 degrees. it is still very mild for early march. not too bad across the northeast. we should be seeing a lot of that snow that we picked up across sections of northern virginia, the state of west virginia, and even into new england. melting throughout the day today and even into tomorrow, into monday, and into tuesday. we do have several days of the mild weather. but i do want to show you temperatures further west. because in texas it will be a mild day as well. 77 for your high temperature. in san antonino.

in den verks not so much. high temperatures today very chilly. 33 degrees. that's due to a snow storm we have ongoing across the rockies and spreading into sections of the high plains. today you are looking at snowfall and very chilly temperatures and some very strong winds as well. as far as this weekend goes, again, very mild across sections of the northeast. in d.c. you will be seeing temperatures making it into the 60's by sunday and also into monday. new york city staying in the 50s through monday. and in the city of boston, a relatively mild couple of days as well. by monday, just shy of 50 degrees with a high at 4. that snow storm across sections of the rockies bringing down snow across utah, colorado, new mexico and ahead of this system it is so very mild. kansas, missouri and iowa. you have some areas of rain but as some of the rain fall does overgo some of that colder air in place we actually get freezey rain. ice storm in effect northeastern sections of south dakota dakota.

looking at some icing possible out here. up to a quarter of an inch possible of ice that could be very dangerous if you are traveling or if you have power lines in your area. watch out. it could be coming down. back to you guys. maria molina in the weather center. bring in mike huckabee host of huckabee on the fox news channel. good to see you this morning. >> you are going to have an interesting show tonight with a group of governors on your show who have r. going to talk about how to balance a budget. governors now who he to do it better than anyone. >> they run a microcosm of the federal government. if you are a governor, you are really running every agency the federal government has you are running at the state level you have health and human services even the military department you have education, have you labor, you have all the things that happened at the federal level. you have it at your state level. those are both governors have on today. frank heating. one democrat. two republicans. i have said give me two hours, provide lunch and i can give you three

democrat, three republican governors in a room and they will balance this budget and have it done before desert. >> tucker: one thing the states don't have three full time can a leggographers. the white house does have those. we spend $377,000 on three full time calligraphers. >> $102,000 for somebody to take care of the presidential dog. that's still going to be on there. if you have ever been to the white house. they have a full bedy of chefs and hairdressers. >> alisyn: if you were trim the fat where would you start with the white house staff? obviously not closing the white house, i'm guessing. >> no. you don't close the white house. first of all, let me be fair. people say the people's house. it is the people's house. but it's also an office. it's a monument, and it's a residence. so, you can't say well i have a right to go into the white house.

well, i think it's a privilege to be able as just a private citizen. but as a privilege that ought to be afforded unless there is some national security risk. having said that. there are many staff positions, you watch how many deputy assistant to the secretary of somebody is on the staff and you realize you could probably let go a lot of the political appointment are american is cutting back on travel we're cutting back an hour. $140,000 an hour. not going out and campaigning against the republicans in a sitting office could buy you several weeks of having white house tours. not going to the golf game with tiger woods that was 1-million-dollar extravaganza. you don't want to hold the president hostage in the white house. but everybody is having to make some sacrifices. my gosh, even jimmy carter put on a sweater and turned the thermostat down when the energy crisis happened. >> tucker: big headlines paper around the paper.

positive headlines on the unemployment number went down 7.7. is this what it seems to be? are you heartened by niece numbers. >> as president tout the lowest unemployment number since december of 2008. reality is 89 million americans aren't working we have the loyest labor participation rate in 30 years in this country. you have to go all the way back to 1983 to find a time when fewer americans were actually in the workforce. 1,300,000 people just additional people have just said i'm done. there is no job. lets' dive into that. "wall street journal" this morning in weekend edition. u.s. added 236,000 jobs in february. notching gains in almost every corner of the private sector. isconnect is hiring. from awful these companies hiring and you see it see signs everywhere you go that people are hiring and that there is no one participating in the labor

force? >> 10,000 people adda that retire. 10,000 baby boomers a day are leaving the workforce. just in the natural transition into retirement. which somebody said think about that 10,000 aging hippies. free drugs from the government. ain't good. it's going to be very expensive. that's part of it. you have, you know, an attrition factor that has to be looked at as well. now, look, it's good that there are some positive signs in the economy. what i would say is that in some cases it's a matter of it happening in spite of not because of the president's economic policies. there are many businesses that have been holding off, holding off, holding off hiring for the fierce of what's going to happen. they just can't hold off. they have got to put some bodies in the place. >> in the case of a portion. you are making the point, i think, that an evershrinking pool of people support evergrowing pool of people who aren't working? i can't deny when you have the lowest participation in

the workforce in 30 years that's one of things you have to look for in the big picture of the economy. not how many -- not what the percentage is the percentage is always measured against those who are looking. not those who would have been looking could have been available. if they even tried. so once a person says i'm not looking for work anymore. they are not factored into the percentage according to the labor department. what about the detect on wall street? major gains. record breaking, 14,000 points on the dow the other day it seems like wall street says that's sequester what sequester? who cares about that think are not worried about the sequester, 2.4% of 4 trillion-dollar budget. they know in the great scheme of things it's chump change. it's not if you are the one. if you are furloughed it hurts. in the big picture of the macroeconomy, it's not that big here is what is going on when ben bernanke continues to put money into the marketplace and the banks hold on to it, they

are not loaning it out. what they are doing is investing it in the stock market, which drives the market up. they are making more money there than they're loaning it because if they loan it they don't get any interest. the interest rates are so low that there is no value. people aren't buying bonds because there is no -- they are not buying cds and not borrowing -- they are not getting to borrow money because the banks aren't going to loan it out at 4% when they can put it in the stock market and get 8. >> governor, quickly, i want it talk about a subject near and dear to your heart israel. the president is making first visit to israel. interesting strategy according to it the "l.a. times." he is not going to pressure israeli leaders for peace. because obviously that is a sticky wicket and everybody has tried and often failed. is he going to talk to the israeli people and tell them that they need to be prepared to make more fact sizes if they want peace. but that's an interesting strategy. you are shaking your head lived he would go and have the audacity a word he likes to use in his books. audacity to tell the

israeli people they have got to make sacrifices to have make peace with the palestinians. they are not the ones blowing up people's children in cafes and making it necessary to construct security walls. acknowledge israel's right to exist. ask the palestinians to put israel on the maps that they give out to tourists which they don't have. look at a palestinian map. israel is not even on the map. not listed it doesn't exist. now, change the textbook so that you don't talk about the israelis as being evil people. please, mr. president, don't insult the intelligence and the integrity of the israeli people. >> alisyn: stick around, governor. we have more to talk to you about. >> clayton: controversial new ad campaign to prevent teen pregnancy in new york. is it over the top? or effective? >> tucker: he had the perfect proposal planned that until she was literally swept off her feet by nature itself. the story behind the video you are watching coming up.

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>> well, new york city mayor michael bloomberg under fire once again. this time for new ad campaign that targets teen pregnancies. many say the ads go way too far. >> let's take a look at some of them. this one shows a baby saying quote i'm twice as likely not to graduate high school because you had me as a teen. another one that reads honestly, mom, chances are he won't stay with you. so what happens to me? >> back with us now with his reaction to this is governor mike huckabee. effective? we know some of these harsh to swallow ads end up working like antismoking campaigns. is this effective? >> you are talking about teenagers, number one. also talking about kids who

now are llweleynly afraid because they may have a pregnancy. they are not prepared for or they may be in the process of ending up with a pregnancy they are not prepared for. the question is does guilt help them when they're already living with an intense fear? or does it help more if you give them steps of encouragement u hope, and help for the situation and either to prevent it or maybe to work through it and to understand what the options may be for adoption or getting some help with the baby. >> alisyn: on the flip side, isn't it good to spell out the risks and dangers and what your life will be like? i think there are a lot of teenagers think that it's sort of nice to have a cuddlely baby that you can parade around and to spell it out. one of them says if you finish high school, you get a job and you get married before having children, you have a 98% chance of not living in poverty. isn't that good to know? >> it's very good to know. i'm not against that message. i think it's an important one to give. i love it when schools in their classes are doing

things like causing both mail and females to have to change diapers and understand how much it costs and look at all of that. you know, it's not a matter of not making that a part of the message. don't make it the only part of the message. here is the reason partly and why. going back to my previous life 30 years ago. one thing you have to remember, most kids don't think that the calamities are going to happen to it them. that's why they engage in risky behavior. they think yeah, i see those ads and boy that may happen to my friend but it ain't going to happen to me. because kids believe that they are super human, that's why they take dumb risks, do stupid things because they don't think the consequences are going to happen to them. >> tucker: they are really dumb. you never see adults standing naked on a car hood driving through a neighborhood. >> not all the time i saw clayton doing that. >> clayton: promo for the show. >> that was the only reason did he it.

>> tucker: young and needed the money. >> clayton: governor tonight at 8:00 p.m. governors on his show to talk did b. how governors manage to do balanced budgets why not washington? tune in 8:00 p.m. good to he see you. >> good to see you guys. >> we'll watch. >> i hope so. >> food allergies on the rise in children. exposing babies high risk foods as early as four months. goes against everything we have been told it may work. >> alisyn: don't mess with bieber. [bleep] >> alisyn: pop star goes off on photographer. what got him so fired up? that's not an elf, that's justin bieber. >> popping out of vans. >> is the bieber coming to your town? >> details after the break. >> what you can do to protect your family? >> so you say men are superior drivers?

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>> clayton: jennifer cap preannie wanted by police. police say there is a warrant out for her arrest after she punched her ex-boyfriend capriati's lawyer denies there is a warrant for her arrest. calling it greatly exaggerated. talking about a proposal no one will forget. matthew hartman was down on one knee getting ready to pop the question to his girlfriend when a huge wave sent them both flying off the rocks on the beach in california. fortunately both are okay. she did say yes. willwill -- let's just say shes swept off her feet. >> swept before the proposal. >> i think it's fine. >> alisyn: food allergies are on the rise among kids today. as you know, but now there are some new guidelines for parents. that say that that there may be a new way to prevent allergies. that is by feeding high risk foods to children

earlier than we have been told to do so before, even while they are babies. here to explain all of this is adult and pediatric allergy and asthma ogden.ist dr. needa these are earth shattering. keep them away from dairy and nuts for the first year of heir life because if they had a reaction it could be life threatening. so now what? >> right. these new guidelines it's exciting. recommending something completely different. we are saying that these highly allergen nic foods that includes milk, egg, peanuts can be started in the first four to six months of life. starting with the rice cereal and the solid foods. soon after that you can start these foods. >> that is amazing to me. so different than just six years ago when i had my son. is the thinking now that because we have kept babies away from these highly allergen nic foods that they have developed allergies? >> there is that thinking that delay that we have been doing may have led to increase in allergy. and we have research that's

coming out that is showing that when you do introduce the foods earlier, there is decrease incidence of food allergy. >> alisyn: what's scary is taking that leap of faith. is giving a 6 month old a little bit of egg or almond butter or peanut butter. what happens if they have reaction. >> that's something that a parent might have concerns about. if a parent really is concerned. they should first talk to pediatrician and allergist about what to do and how to proceed. shouldn't be something that they feel uncomfortable about. you want to do it slowly. one food every three to five days watch for any signs. also do it gradually do. it at home. not at the day care center. at a restaurant. so in a more controlled environment. >> alisyn: one food every three to five days so you are not mixing food so you know what they're allergic to. no confusion. what signs would there be, hives? >> hives and itchy rash. a rash around the mouth or anywhere else on the body. more severe reactions could be lip or tongue swelling. difficulty breathing.

coughing, vomiting. those would be more severe like an flax sis. anaphylaxis. >> you can give them a mouth unfortunately of benadryl and it will go away. >> you can give them benadryl. if it's more extreme call 911. that child needs epinephrine or epipen. >> alisyn: so many kids in prek and first grade and second grade that have allergies. it would be nice if we were able to get to the bottom of what was causing all of these and stop them. >> it would be. this is a step in that direction. more and more research being done new guidelines and steps are going to lead to decrease in the food allergies. and then we can use them in a more primary care setting. our pediatricians and parents can be at ease, you know, do this without that fear. >> the thinking is basically that we have shielded our children too much from these foods and then when you do introduce them, maybe at a years old, their systems can't handle it?

>> exactly. around 2,000, we started all these foods and over this period of time we have seen food allergies to these highly allergen nic food double and triple thinking that delay might have something to do with this. there are other factors out there, genetic, environmental that might be playing a role in here. >> alisyn: this is really an attention grabber. let everybody know please check with your own pediatrician before do you this to make sure that they're comfortable with you introducing these foods. dr. neeta ogden thanks for spelling it out for us. a man behind bars killing two teenage sisters for drinking driving crash suing drinking bud i can't understand restaurants who served him. does he have a case? we'll explore that how important is the expiration date on the over-the-counter drug. giving your medicine cabinet a checkup and exposing the dangers lurking inside. it's a new day.

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guam, anywhere other than new york and anything other than a civilian trial. the safety point issue, convenience to otherwise innocent people who live and work near the u.s. district court. >> alisyn: white house officials say abu ghaith has already given up key information on al qaeda's status, personnel and finances. a sportsman channel tv host shot to death by a man in an apparent jealous rage. gregory rodriguez, he is the host of a rifle man's journal was visiting a woman while on business in montana when the husband, wane bennington burst in and shot him. he then beat his wife, we're told. left the scene and turned the gun on himself. police say rodriguez worked with bennington's wife and their relationship was not romantic. get this, a repeat drunk driver who has been convicted of killing two sisters is s. suing boozing buddy and two restaurants that served him alcohol. james ruiz is seeking monetary damages claiming

they caused him emotional distress because of the quote loss of liberty and enjoyment of life after he was served drinks in 2010. he was out on wonder on his fifth dui arrest when the fatal crash took place. meanwhile it appears justin bieber is filling better after fainting back stage in london thursday. >> got to move up. [bleep] [bleep] >> what did you say? you are [bleep] [bleep] >> you are in our way. [bleep] >> i'm not sure he is feeling better. >> he was a ball of fury that justin beach. >> alisyn: he has more energy. the pop star tried to fight a photographer outside of his hotel. his body guards stepped in to keep punches from flying. the biebs later tweeted ah, rough morning, trying to feel better for this show tonight but let the paparazzi get the best of me.

>> the paps as he calls them. didn't even try to spell paparazzi. >> with 140 characters you have to trim it where you can. molina knows the paparazzi well. >> they won't leave me alone. stop, stop. >> this guy is in a potted plant. >> speaking of feeling heated, today across the northeast it is going to be not hot per se but a little bit on the mild side. temperatures will make it into the 50s across places like d.c., new york city. we have abundant sunshine. it's actually going to be a beautiful day not just today but as we head into tomorrow and into monday. so you will have several days of mild weather to allow that snow to melt that we did receive over the last couple of days across areas in new england, just shy of 30 inches of snow in parts of massachusetts. and we actually have a brand new snow storm we are tracking. exiting the rockies today, entering parts of the midwest. we have blizzard warnings in effect. gusts to 45 miles per hour possible. and as much as 6 to 10 inches of snow as well.

watch out for low visibility. if you are doing any driving out here or any traveling at the airport. it could be a rough day for you. otherwise, northeast again very mild sunshine. 45 for your high. 66 over in washington, d.c. and the southeast, mild as well. 70 for new orleans. miami, 81 for you over in brownsville. we do have a chance for some severe weather across parts of texas and also into oklahoma. so watch out for isolated tornadoes. damaging wind gusts and even some large hail possible for some of those storms. on the northern side of this system, some snow, nebraska, minnesota, south dakota, and in between some of that snow and some of that rain fall ahead of the system you could get some freezing rain and ice accumulation will be possible as well. now let's head indoors. actually, tucker and clayton. >> tucker: thank you, maria. how do you know if dangers are lurking inside your medicine cabinet? those are dangerous in tucker's hands. here to help us run through

a safety checklist for your medicine cabinet the editor at large for shape magazine. nice to see you this morning. >> good morning. >> i have been looking over this list. i think i violate all of these rules in our medicine cabinet at home. let's start with should you keep over-the-counter prescription medication and drugs in your medicine cabinet? >> well, contrary to its name. you actually should not keep medicine in the medicine cabinet because there is a lot of heat and humidity due to taking showers and stuff. so the best place to put your medicine is either in some sort of a linen closet or in a nightstand, preferably with something that you can lock. that way kids don't get into your pills and you don't have people touching things that they are not suppose not that i have.

i'm just saying. >> make sure that ingredients are working as well as as they can. >> they have expiration date on them now. if they don't or if you you can't see them. general rule, three to six months, then you should replace it with some new fresh foundation. when it comes to powders, though, those are last up to a year. >> i noticed that most medicine cabinets end up becoming sort of another junk drawer. mass use. throw things back there. you don't realize you have things. keep buying them over and over again. how important is it to keep them clean and organized. >> really important. once you cut yourself and you need to get the scissors and you need a band-aid if it's a mess. you are not going to be able to access those first

aid supplies. make sure you organize your medicine drawer and also clean every month or so with antibacterial wipe. a lot of bacteria can actually collect in there. >> drab grab one of these wipes. don't take everything out. move stuff around. >> wipe it down. >> exactly. >> is there any expiration on band-aids? >> not that i know of. i'm sure you could get some good money for that no. band-aids, of course, paper products, they tend to last. >> the carter administration. i bet those were super friends. >> they matched my under roos. >> thank you so much. if you missed any of these tips, go to foxnews.com. full segment up there on our web site on the "fox & friends" weekend link. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> coming up, six years ago, former fbi agent bob levinson went to iran to investigate smuggling and then he he disappeared. this is one of the great and troubling mysteries. his son dan says the iranian government is hiding something and he

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>> lady an bell couple's first child due in july. ali. >> six years since former fbi agent bob legislativeson has been march 8th, 2007,ly. legislativeson traveled to the iranian island of kish as a private investigator looking into a case of cigarette snuggling. the day after he arrived he went missing. the u.s. government says they have pressed iran for answers. no avail. levinson's family says the iranian government is hiding something. joining us this morning is mr. levinson's son dan. good morning, dan. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> it's a pleasure to have you. it was exactly six years ago today that your father disappeared in iran. can you just tell us a little bit more about what he was doing there? >> well, my father had been retired from the fbi since 1998. that's now 15 years. and he worked afterwards as a private investigator for large corporations and they

would have him investigate different things that were of concern for them. and in this case it was cigarette smuggling which a s. a known problem in the region kish island that area was hot bed for cigarette smuggling. weighs there investigating that. >> the last time you talked to him was six years ago when you exchanged emails. what did they say. >> well, i had just gotten into law school and he was -- he just told me he was very proud of me and he was looking forward to seeing me when he got back. and when i got back, i was actually overseas at the time. i had just gotten to japan and we were talking about that. and he was overseas and we were looking forward to seeing each other a few montsz later. >> what makes you think that your dad is still alive today? frm i know he is still alive. in my heart i know he is. we have a video that shows he was alive three and a half years after he was kidnapped. we also received pictures two years ago.

>> those are the pictures i just -- sorry to interrupt you, dan, these are the pictures that you are looking at on the right side of your screen. you released -- your family recently released these five photographs. can you tell us what we are seeing in these pictures? >> um, well, obviously my dad looks very different from six years ago. he has grown a beard. he didn't have a beard before that he looks much thinner. he looks in desperation right now. whoever is holding him had him holding a variety of signs. find out exactly what the intention was for that and obviously he is not in good health. he has diabetes. he has hyper edges it. gout. he has a variety of health problems. he looks worse now and we're very concerned about that he he is 65 years old tomorrow. it's his 65th birthday. we are worried about his health and we need him

home. >> alisyn: of course. tomorrow is his birthday. you have every reason to believe is he still alive. you have that photographic evidence from a couple years ago. what is the u.s. government doing to try to find your father? >> they have met with us several times. my mom and i are in d.c. and we have met with a variety of government officials this week. they have continually told us they will continue to press the iranian government to help resolve the matter. and help find my father. and they're doing everything they can. the white house released a statement yesterday and so did secretary kerry the fbi earlier released a statement on the anniversary of this occasion. >> alisyn: let's pray that this ordeal ends soon and has a happy ending for your family. keep us posted as to what, particularly secretary kerry, now that is he installed there can do for your father. thank you so much for sharing your story. >> thank you for having he. >> alisyn: story that sparked outrage this week. elderly woman left to die after a nurse refused to give her cpr.

>> they are refusing cpr. they are going to let her die. there is a human being. is there anybody there that is willing to help this lady and not let her die? >> not at this time. >> alisyn: how you can make sure that your loved ones who are in nursing homes are getting the care they need? and, immigrants who are the in u.s. illegally now getting cheaper college tuition than citizens? michelle malkin has thoughts on that at the top of the hour. [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests, even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i've been buying ragu for years. [ thinking ] i wonderhat other questionable choices i've made? [ club scene music ] [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. ♪music during bass pro shops' spring fishing classic you can get a free gift card worth up to $1000 with purchase of new tracker and nitro boat packages. plus amazing daily specials and free kids fishing

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>> 52 minutes past the hour. a story that sparked outrage, a nurse at a senior living facility in california re

refused to give cpr to a woman and here is the emotional 911 call. we need to get cpr started. >> yeah, we can't, hand the phone to the passerby, anybody there can do cpr. give them the phone, please. >> that 87-year-old woman did diana nurse was not at fault because she followed the facility's strict policy so if you have a loved one at a place like this. what question should you be asking. and joining me an elderly law attorney, elizabeth, good to see you. this is the first time i've heard of this happening, a nurse on the phone with 911 simply says i can't do cpr. it's our policy. does human nature take over or adhere to the policy.

>> it's tricky because different facilities happen to have different requirements. she happened to be at an independent living facilities which is not exactly like a nursing home facility. they're not required to pro he vied medical care. >> neither am i. if i'm walking down the street and someone has, something you learn in junior high school how to do cpr. i'm not registered, but try to help somebody if i were there. >> you're not worried about liability, probably one of the issues, they have a policy in place and they're concerned about their liability. >> clayton: so she had d.n.r. take us through what it means. >> do not resuscitate order. if you go into cardiac arrest, a written order if you discuss with your physician, someone is not to perform cpr or intubation or things of that nature.

>> even where it's not life threatening, it's not catastrophic, you would adhere to the d.n.r. >> the d.n.r. only speaks to cardiac arrest and stop breathing. it it does not speak to other forms of treatment. you can get chemotherapy or things of that nature. >> clayton: take us through, if you have a loved one in one of speice facilities, what questions do you have to ask. >> you have to ask what the emergency procedures are and if i go into cardiac arrest is the only policy or the only procedure you're going to follow to call 911 or will somebody give me cpr? in the flip side or on the flip side. if you do have a d.n.r. or you don't want to be resuscitated you've got to make sure that the facility procedures aren't the opposite of this particular facility. >> right, not honoring your wishes. >> correct and that's the important point. >> having your family linger for years if that's not something that you want.

>> absolutely. >> clayton: is there anybody on staff when you go to one of these facilities, is there anyone on staff that could administer cpr in such an emergency? >> it depends on the facility. some facilities don't train their staff to do cpr. so you come back to the liability. what if someone is not trained to perform cpr and you perform it. there's a lot of risks in performing cpr in an elderly person. >> clayton: when you legally look at this and we'll finish on this. if the facility defended the staffer and said the staffer followed protocol. but then the staffer had a complete misunderstanding of their practices, but she didn't administer cpr. it seems like she understood the practice. >> i think now with any tragedy comes change and i think now facilities are going to reevaluate whether or not they really should be instructing their staffers not to perform cpr. >> this might change a lot of things. thank you so much for your legal perspective. >> my pleasure, thank you for having me. >> coming up on the show, a startling will you statistics, surgeons leaving objects inside of patients and it's happening

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>> good morning, everyone, it is saturday, march 9th, i'm alisyn camerota. well, the left wing was out in full force mourning the dictator. find out who attended funeral services for hugo chavez. >> tucker: illegal aliens are now getting cheaper college tuition than some citizens. what do you think of that? and michelle malkin thinks about that. >> clayton: enjoys it-- go out on a limb. and democratic lawmaker trying to make it mandatory now for gun owners. "fox & friends" hour four starts right now. ♪ >> and squeeze and squeeze. hey, it's richard simmons, the best exercise for your mind is

"fox & friends." >> clayton: and squeeze. are you squeezing the at home. >> tucker: is that really richard simmons. >> alisyn: oh, yes, he's been on many times in his small-- >> small shorts. they don't take them. >> clayton: they're from his own collection and now buy them at ebay. >> alisyn: fantastic. i look forward to seeing you in those. we have a fox news alert, there's been a scare on the runway at new york's jfk airport. two planes clipping one another, one sent flying several feet. a jet blue plane 150 passengers headed to florida when an air indian jet did hit into it. and fortunately, no one was hurt. we'll bring you that video. a california wild life sanctuary where an intern was killed will be opened tomorrow. 24-year-old intern diana hanson

was cleaning the cage of a 550 pound lion when it broke out of its holding pen and killed her the and the family says the death was just a tragic accident and no laws were broken. well, pictures can nteachers cak heat along with the lunch. the first in the wake of the sandy hook shooting. but it's up to the local how the policies were work. several states have similar proposals, but no others have yet become law. sorry to be the bearer of bad news, don't forget you're losing an hour of sleep tonight. we're springing forward into daylight savings time-- saving? >> saving, no s. >> alisyn: if there's one thing there's a stick letter for, clayton morris is daylight saving time. we're going to get one more hour of sunlight, allegedly, one less hour of sleep. officially set your clock ahead at 2 a.m. set your alarm at 2 a.m. so you

can get up and set your clock forward. >> clayton: you are right though, that's one thing that every year i really, i'm a stick letter for. make sure that people don't add an s to saving. >> alisyn: if you were running for president-- >> forget the budget, hold the line. >> tucker: someone's got to care. >> clayton: i don't know if michelle malkin is as passionate about daylight saving time as i am, but she's fired up about other topics and joins us to talk about them. michelle. >> good morning. >> clayton: we want to talk to you about this, because the sequester now in full force and it appears that we knew that the president saying this was going to be apocalyptic and everyone was going to feel the pain of it. a new leaked e-mail that shows the response from the agriculture department that basically says whenever you go through these cuts make sure they're out there and that they stick to the pain we're expected to feel in the public. make sure that these are sort of the public pain points that the american people are going to

feel. what did you make of this leaked e-mail? >> it's the second act of sequester theater. it took the white house a couple of extra days to get all of their ducks in a row to unleash this on the public and i believe this is not the first memo that has disclosed that they wanted to make it as public and painful as possible. you know, you've got all the kids screaming and moaning that they can't go to the white house tours now. the agriculture department, department of homeland security, and as i said, several other bureaus and who would have put it past the orchestraters at 1600 pennsylvania? everyone? >> what does it say when employees of the executive branch are explicitly plotting to hurt the public who pays their salary? >> what it says is that the obama administration, as

expected, is willing to put national security, economic security, and pretty much every real public interest at risk for the sake of sequester politics and-- yeah, go ahead. >> alisyn: at issue here, of course, is that the white house is now closed to the public. and there are other options, we understand, that the president could have made. there were other, you know, budget items in the white house, including three calligraphers that the white house employs to the tune of $275,000 a year they didn't necessarily have to close. and eric bolling on the fox news channel, as well as sean hannity made an offer to the white house saying that the $74,000 it takes apparently to pay secret service agents to keep the white house open for a week that they will foot those bills for the next two weeks.

here they are making the offer. >> i'll make you a deal, mr. president, jay carney grab your pencil let the families take the white house tours next week and i'll cover the added expenses word is it will cost around $74,000. if i can get the white house doors open i'll pick up the tab, mr. carney, you know this is an offer you can't refuse. >> i'm going to follow eric's lead, i'll pay for a week and tweeted it out during "the five" now we've got two weeks covered. >> alisyn: is that an offer, michelle, they can't refuse? >> i love it. it's putting sequester theater and turning it on its head. i think maybe that we should put some of these sequester cuts up for a vote and i imagine that the public would vote for those three calligraphers and, hey, how about the white house photographer? because really, do we need another picture of obama either phoning it in or looking at himself in the mirror? the white house chef could go, that could probably cover another week of white house public tours. and now, i think what all of

this does, of course, is evade the true issue of the entitlement crisis and the tough cuts that, you know, that are not being made on capitol hill. >> clayton: let's turn our attention to caracas, venezuela. i'm not sure you're expecting to fly down there. i don't think you went down to the big funeral for hugo chavez, some lefties went down there, sean penn, actor sean penn, democratic congressman meeks, one of the ethically challenged went down there and jesse jackson went down there. we were trying to figure out, what is the appeal of this guy? if you look through his entire record, there's nothing that you could applaud about this man, what he did to his people, the corruption, the way in which he ran elections. why would they fly down there and support him? >> well, i mean, he's the ideal

left wing dictator and when all of these people go down there for this orgy of passion, and deitification, the journal state side who were lavishing it on him, and his people, let alone the press as well, it really goes back to academia and you know, the brainwash of the american left about the real life brutal consequences of their ideology. >> tucker: there should be some social sanction. i mean, if you showed up at edie amine's funeral or bongo's

funeral, people look askance and you live in colorado, they voted to lower tuition for illegal aliens at the exact moment the defense department announcing it's cutting tuition systems for veterans. >> tuition, yeah, i think that's the perfect juxtaposition. people who have served and sacrificed and who follow the laws, not just native born soldiers, but naturallized as well are now treated as lefters, to illegal aliens. and this trend of mini dream acts across the country acts as a massive magnet that will attract more illegal aliens to our state and others. and of course they get pure amnesty as a result of the dream act deportation deferrals

enacted by this white house and more kabuki theater and forced borders. >> alisyn: you know the argument on the other side. these are kids who probably came here through no choice of their own. they've graduated high school, they want to be college bound. these are the illegal immigrants that we've already invested in and want to make something of themselves. and these aren't the criminals and that's why your governor says that you'll sign this law. >> why give them the extra bonus reward on top of all the defacto amnesty that they already have? they're already being allowed to be admitted into these colleges despite having illegal status. they've already gotten k through 12 free public education if they went to government schools. i think the point is, that among law abiding naturalized citizens, both categories, they

don't get that extra bonus. and the fact is that in states like california, this is costing now an enormous amount of extra money, and it's-- and it's the extra benefits on top, i think, that really rub people the wrong way and i would think that every news article that covers and allows these kind of actions should include the perspective of those american soldiers who now have tuition coverage. fair and balanced. >> clayton: you're right, michelle. if you're a military family and experiencing the cuts, go to foxnews.com and we did a segment yesterday on "fox & friends" which laid out other benefits available to military families in lieu of these cuts. >> good. >> clayton: michelle thank you for waking up early with us there in colorado. >> you bet. take care. >> alisyn: coming up our nation's top police cop, eric holder went from saying he could launch a drone strike to

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>> attorney general eric holder started a firestorm this week after he said that the u.s. government could use a drone strike against a u.s. citizen on american soil. his assertion led lawmakers including senator rand paul to question him. it wasn't until after paul's 13-hour filibuster that the attorney general finally admitted he was wrong. what if paul and others like him never questioned holder? jay christian adams joins us

now. hi, mr. adams. >> good morning, alisyn. >> alisyn: what did you make of all that happened this week? what did you think of rand paul's filibuster, first? >> well, rand paul accomplished what no republican has been able to do yet, that's to get this administration to throw eric holder under the bus. look, his comments about drones were so frightening they simply had to disavow them. this was about more than just getting john brennan confirmed. this was about avoiding a public relations mess. >> alisyn: and yet, you've heard some on the other side who say this was absurd. obviously, the attorney general wasn't talking about just droning u.s. citizens who happened to be sipping their cappuccinos at a midtown manhattan cafe. did it require a clarification like this? >> well, don't forget holder's letter really doesn't concede too much. it says that he wouldn't use drones against americans engaged in combat operations or only in combat operations. look, where was guy when they

discussed due process in law school. the idea that you would use a drone anywhere in the united states is almost science fiction. not what they campaigned on, talking law and civil courts and suddenly talking drones in theory against u.s. citizens. it's outrageous. >> alisyn: it's so outrageous and out there, what do you think was going on with eric holder, he doesn't know the policy? that doesn't seem possible. why did he make that misstep? >> well, it shows what happens when republicans fight. this misstep came from ted cruz, senator cruz from texas actually showing up to a hearing which is a great start for republicans and asking tough questions of holder. he has very thin skin, he can't handle the tough questioning. he gave it up, said, look, we might conceivably use drones against u.s. citizens on u.s. soil. it shows if republicans fight and push the administration on the most radical policies, this

administration will back down. >> alisyn: well, rand paul did that and he says he's not going to stop. basically i believe we have a statement for him. the senate has the power to restrain the executive branch and my filibuster was the beginning of the fight to restore a healthy balance of powers. the president still needs to definitively say that the united states will not kill american noncombatants. the confusion's fifth amendment applies to all americans. there are no exceptions. does senator paul, well, he does think that that includes people on foreign soil as well. what do you say? >> well, senator paul's exactly right. if you read the letter carefully from eric holder, it still leaves open the possibility of drone strikes on u.s. citizens on u.s. soil. the irony here is, alisyn, that this administration, this justice department has been going after police departments, like houston, seattle, portland, oregon, for the use of excessive force against u.s. citizens.

if those police departments did what eric holder said he can do, this justice department would be investigating them for excessive force. >> alisyn: oh, boy. good thing we're trying to get some clarification. jay christian adams, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you, alisyn. >> alisyn: there's a startling new statistic about surgeons leaving objects inside of patients, it happens apparently dozens of times a day. you want to buy ammo for your gun? you may have to take an anger management class. and arthur and jonna debate it next. ♪ remember when you said men are superior drivers? yeah. yeah.

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>> welcome back. time now for your news by the numbers. first 6,000, that's about how many times surgeons leave objects inside their patients every year. the most common thing left in there, surgical sponges. it's good for absorption, actually could lead to serious injury. 6,000 times. next, 70, that's how many yards this florida high schooler kicked a field goal. the nfl record for longest field goal in a game 63 yards and this it guy kept doing it and doing it and you have to watch the youtube video. 54, how old barbie turns today. mattel's iconic doll made its debut at the international toy fair in new york and she's still not gained a pound.

she does look like lucille ball this. and her waist still only an inch wide. tucker. >> tucker: thank you, clayton. had some work done. and democratic lawmakers taking aim at gun owners with a new proposal that would make it mandatory that anyone buying ammunition would have to take an anger management course. and some say this crosses the line. >> i think the ones that need therapy are the ones that elect this woman and others into office. this is a direct assault on our second amendment right. it seems like before they were attacking the guns and realized, you know what? we're not going to be able to take away americans guns, they love them way too much. but instead of that we are going after their bullets. >> tucker: does this go too far? arthur aidala and jonna spilbor. this sends a clear message that

someone who buys ammo-- >> this bill is nonsense. we're going to sell you the cabernet, but if you want to buy the corkscrew you've got to attend aa first. not everybody who buys bottled wine is an alcoholic. >> can i show you how that's flawed. >> come on. >> and because before you can buy the bottle of cabernet, they proof you. they make sure you're 21 years old. in many states, besides making sure you're of age, they don't proof you at all before you buy a weapon that can kill hundreds of people. whether this is the answer or not, i don't know. before you can drive or allowed to operate a motor vehicle, you have to take a test, don't you? you have to be alerted to what the rules of the road are. >> but this isn't a test actually. >> to make sure you're mentally competent. >> tucker: this is for anger issues you may not have.

>> if one human being, one life is saved. if one life is saved by somebody taking this test and saying, you know what? i'm not doing good here, let me put my gun where there's a key in the lock and so when i freak out, i count to ten and don't get my gun. >> tucker: and thousands of people die in the shower, why don't we look at that and save a life. >> one in every ten years you have to take a two hour course online. >> that burdensome? >> if it saves one life. >> my grandma has to take an eye exam before she gets behind the wheel. i wouldn't get in the car with her to save my life. >> and what do you do, do nothing? at least somebody is trying. this may not be the best idea. but at least somebody is trying. >> tucker: i understand. >> they don't have an anger

problem, they don't qualify. >> tucker: we're not arguing that a bad idea is better than no idea at all? is there any idea that these classes help anybody or they're going to work? >> what's the evidence? take an hour out of your life. >> an eye examination, a second amendment, it's a violation. >> and what good is it without the bullets? >> and the state says you have a right to the gun, but the states can limit it based on certain-- >> i'm going to have to weigh in and render judgment. that was a valiant attempt, arthur, but you were spanked and punished by jonna. >> no talk about sexual fantasies, what's the matter with you? it's a family show. >> tucker: gentleman, lady? >> my apologies. >> tucker: next on the rundown, she's the conservative voice on the view. is that why elizabeth hasselbeck is reportedly getting off the

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>> you're going to, it's just a yes or no. >> i'm not a double speaker and i don't put suggestions out there that lead people to think things and then not answer my own question. >> as opposed to-- >> can i finish? elizabeth, please, i didn't say boo. >> i know, just saying this sometimes happen whenever you're having a conversation. >> i stopped so you go ahead and fini finish. >> clayton: you might not see much of it anymore. word from michael starr the new york post is that elizabeth hasselbeck is being booted from "the view" from abc because of her conservative views based on some ratings returns they've seen, people don't want to see conservative views in the afternoon or the morning. >> alisyn: abc denied this and elizabeth hasselbeck has to the confirmed this. and she has represented over the however many years, ten years, she's been the sole voice for the republican point of view,

the conservative point of view on that show. she's surrounded by, you know, lots of liberals and they get into it, but that's what is interesting about the show. the idea that you can let go. >> tucker: i agree. she sat across from rosie o'donnell, voluntarily, presumably paid for, is there enough money to compensate you for that, no. my guess she's worn out, going to florida, done her time. >> clayton: that's true and barbara walleters according to some reports want to replace her with brooke shields. my childhood crush. i wouldn't be opposed to that. just because you're an actress does make you a television host. >> tucker: i think that brooke shields is smart. not your average actress, she went to princeton, she can talk. >> alisyn: that wouldn't be bad, but the point is if there's just five like-minded people sitting around a round table that might not be as interesting as having somebody else. >> tucker: brooke shields a big

ron paul person, i made that up. >> alisyn: i know you do. >> tucker: you can't have everyone thinking the same thing. >> clayton: that's why seinfeld was a success because cramer was off kilter, right. newman was around. >> alisyn: i'd like to think our show is predicated on, different ideas and different opinions. >> and who is-- >> look at success of "the five", if you had the same viewpoints that's not television i would want to watch. that would be boring, to get rid of that on this show or that and they're teaming up on him. i hope they find out somebody-- >> and i've never seen bob beckel that way. and the son of osama bin laden pleading not guilty to killing americans, and this happened in a new york courtroom. ghaith was a top spokesman, was

alongside bin laden after the terror attacks and several lawmakers are outraged he's tried in manhattan instead of going to guantanamo bay. >> gitmo, a naval vessel, guam, anywhere other than new york and anything other than a civilian trial. the safety is one issue. convenience to otherwise innocent people who live and work near the u.s. district court. >> alisyn: white house officials say abu ghaith has given up key information on al-qaeda's status, personnel and finances. and i should say about the white house drone policy, the u.s. air force has reportedly removed statistics on drone strikes in afghanistan from its website. in october, the military started publishing monthly data on drones and made that information available for the rest of 2012. now it's gone. the department of defense says it had nothing to do with it. the air force could not be reached for comment. the latest winter storm caused a

collapse in massachusetts and the beach in front of the home was battered by several severe storms there. no one was in the house and the owner lived in florida and learned about the collapse from a neighbor. >> one moment it was there. all of a sudden, it just gave away. >> and just saw it slide right down and heard the crash and i said, oh, my god. it brought tears to my eyes. >> alisyn: this morning you're getting a live look what's left of the home. that will be torn down along with two others that collapsed nearby. all right, those are your headlines. >> thank you so much, alisyn. and more extreme weather, here is a live look this morning out of denver. the denver bureau there. a major snowstorm moved into that area overnight and some places could see up to a foot of snow and more than 200 flights have been canceled at the denver international airport. and maria molina with more.

and my friend flew that atlanta and had to sleep there overnight. is it going to get worse or better? >> you get the trickle down effect. some places aren't dealing with the tough weather. when you get some flights affected in the areas and it's affected other cities not impacted by weather. the last several days we had snowstorm across the northeast and new york city and boston and the d.c. area. today we're talking about snow in the city of denver which could see significant snowfall. right now 32 degrees and that's one of the reasons why that precipitation is coming down in the form of snow ahead of that system. very mild in texas. temperatures currently in the 60's across cities like dallas. otherwise that snow coming down in the city of denver, also across utah, new mexico and ahead of this system we're going to continue to see that snow coming down in places across the midwest. we actually have blizzard warnings in effect because the winds will be strong, as well. gusting up to 45 miles per hour and there is some ice that will be mixing in with some of the snow and that's specifically

across northeastern sections of the state of south dakota where we do have an ice storm warning in effect. as much as a quarter inch of ice will be possibly on the southern side of this system. severe weather, tornados, damaging wind gusts and even large hail possible across texas, cities like austin, dallas, eastern areas of oklahoma. be safe out there in oklahoma and texas, otherwise, back inside. >> alisyn: thanks so much, maria. >> clayton: let's talk about this because e-mail is near and dear to my heart. i was composing one right now. >> alisyn: read it allowed. there's nothing more scintillating on television. >> clayton: hi, alisyn, oh don't want to read that one to you. turns out if you live in california or anywhere, frankly, but specifically california law i canners are proposing a way because the u.s. post office is in such debt, can't seem to get its budget together every year, they've proposed the idea of taxing every e-mail we send. not physical mail, but digital mail. they say if they could do just one penny per gigabit, they

could solve the u.s. postal service's entire problem to offset-- because people aren't sending actual letters anymore, they're sending e-mails. >> tucker: so it's like taxing cars to pay for horse and buggy. so the idea is that successful technologies ought to pay for outmoded technologies the public rejects and by the way, the real problem with the postal service is not just that people don't send letters, it's that their pension system is overburdened, the union contracts bankrupted the postal service. >> alisyn: and you have strong thoughts about this. charlene wrote an e-mail, taxing people for using e-mail is about blaming citizens for the failure of the u.s. post office. government must quit beating up on american citizens. >> clayton: and sandra says, this would be a good one, not only help the post office it might reduce the amount of junk mail i receive. >> tucker: i get it, tax me so proposal to tax e-mail, three

exclamation points. i pay a monthly fee for internet service which is taxed points out ken. >> clayton: there are other ways around this, facebook e-mail has taken off, so you couldn't really, if there were other e-mail providers you couldn't probably find ways around it, people are texting, good luck with this, good luck. >> alisyn: remember dave briggs' thoughts, sell starbucks at the post office, wouldn't have a budget problem. sell coffee there and donuts and you solve your problem. >> tucker: make it slightly less, and people might use it. >> clayton: and don't sell the ugly boxes no one wants to buy and use for birthday gifts and look terrible like something out of the 1980's. >> alisyn: instead of a pretty one. we've give you some suggestions. >> tucker: efficient, friendly much more like fed ex and you might succeed. >> thank you. >> clayton: coming up next on the show, are you overpaying for your prescription drugs. tips how you can keep more money in your pocket ahead. first, we're going to check in with brenda buttner for a look what's coming up on the cost of

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>> are you tired of paying top dollar for your prescription drugs? well, most americans are so today we're giving you tips how you can save some real money. joining us now is finance expert, carman, thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> alisyn: so we're going to save people money on prescription drugs? >> a lot. >> alisyn: first thing you say check your bill. why? >> because of these codes that are tied to costs. if the code is put in wrong you

basically could be charged twice as much or god knows how much money for a prescription you didn't have. >> alisyn: i see. >> you want to make sure just like a bill at a restaurant or check out anywhere, you want to make sure and check online for the code and drug and make sure they match. >> alisyn: you have to learn your own code and say that's not my medicine. >> human error, yes. >> alisyn: the next one was fascinating. i had no idea you could negotiate down the price of your prescription drugs with your pharmacist? >> here is the secret. you can negotiate down almost anything. >> alisyn: okay, i'm a fan of doing this. >> here is what you can do. just like if you negotiate down a hospital bill. basically talk to your pharmacist, especially a nice mom and pop independent pharmacy and said what if i pay cash and how much would you save me. you could be surprised 10% to 30%, just talk them down, no trouble in asking and your doctor can give you samples you just have to ask. >> alisyn: incredible. >> now, the opposite side of the coin. instead of going to the small mom and pop shops, you say you

can go to the big drug companies, how do you do that. >> directly to the of manufacturer. find out who produces the drug you have and a lot of manufacturers, big pharmaceuticals actually put aside a percentage of drugs that they have for a need-based program for discounted prescriptions. go directly to the manufacturers website and should have something you can click on and apply for the program and a much lower cost, especially need based. >> alisyn: and also you say there's an app for that. >> i love apps so much. i save thousands of dollars, simply by apps. good rx and low rx. you must use these apps if you pay out of pocket, especially for prescription drugs. basically, based on your location or a location that you enter in, it will show you how much the drugs cost all around you. so, just like a parking app. so this pharmacy can charge one amount, this pharmacy can charge 50% less because it's based on the deal that the pharmacy had directly with their supplier, go where it's cheapest, you'll be

surprised. >> alisyn: the app will help you shop around. last, you say use a prescription access discount card. what's that? >> well, this is the thing. search online for cards that will give you a discount. think of it as like a costco card. you go in and they have the prescriptions at a discount and destination rx is a good one. get around the point that you can shop around for anything and don't just show up at the pharmacy and swipe your card and say, oh, no, this is so much money. there's a lot out it there to help you. >> alisyn: if we do it, how how much money can you save. >> thousands and thousands of doctors, even in a high deductible. if you have $2,000 deductible and you have prescription coverage, why not save money. >> alisyn: carman, thank you. >> thank you. >> alisyn: coming up what home owners and renters need to know before filing their taxes this year to get the most money back. it looks like you have some tips on this, also. >> yes, i do.

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>> some quick headlines, delta has become the first major airline to object to tsa's new policy that will allow passengers to carry small knives on board. the company ceo tells the tsa he has quote, legitimate security concerns with that policy that goes into effect next month. and this is not par for the course, even in florida. cows wandering on to a golf

course, a few blocks from where the pga is holing the tournament. and after eating the grass for a while, they herded them into a trailer. >> clayton: thanks, tucker. gearing up for tax season. what are benefits of real estate and home owners and renters need to know. jerry is a certified financial planner. >> good to see you. >>. >> clayton: buying is better than renting because of the tax benefits. tip number one, why is it buying better than renting. >> three reasons, you get your money back. you're not going to get rich, but get back what you said in mortgage and taxes when you sell 20 years later. an ability to break even. if you rent you never have the ability to make any money and i think thirdly, just from a tax standpoint, and the interest rates right now 3 1/2% on a 30-year note. $450 for every 100,000 that you

buy. if you buy $200,000 piece of property your mortgage for the next 30 years is $900 a month and that's tax deductible. >> clayton: of course, if you can get a mortgage. we know how difficult that is right now for people, too. for recent moment buyers or those about to buy a home what are the tax strategies this year? >> first talk to your financial planner and c.p.a. you're going to get back your interest, what you're paying in interest, that's tax dedu deducttable, if you're going to get $500 in tax deduction, make sure you increase and get the money in your paycheck and not a refund in april. >> for those in a home long time, 25 years, haven't quite paid off the 30-year mortgage yet, but been there a long time. what tax tips do you have for them? >> well, again, i think, again, if they're using a home equity line of credit that's tax deductible up to $100,000, you don't get deductions other than a tax credit if you would do some things that make your

property more efficient. new windows, furnace, $500 back for that, which is nice. >> if you do home improvements, would you pay cash or advice people to do a home equity line of credit, that way you're getting kind of, carrying an extra mortgage? >> in the right situation everything makes sense. i don't have a problem using home equity line. right now the interest rates of 2, 3%, a benefit of doing it and nice tax deductions, but i think you have to kind of take a look at your entire situation. if you're painting the house and doing some things to improve it i see it as being an investment. i don't mind you taking out money for investment i just don't want to see somebody take out a home equity line of credit and go on vacation, that's a waste of money. >> clayton: spend it on a car. home owners looking to sell during the tax season and what tips for those and april a lot of people start putting houses on the market. >> up to $500,000 gain out income tax-free when you sell your primary residence, husband and wife, if you're single $250,000 not limited to one time. so i have clients that have a house on the beach and primary

house around the new york area. when they sell their home i sell them move down the beach for two years, if you're there two years, get that income gain out tax-free. >> clayton: i did this when i had to move and live on the two year mark and living there four out the seven days of the week, correct? >> generally six months and one day is going to dictate that's your primary residence. you want to make sure you're documenting that, the irs doesn't like people getting tax-free money and if they get a huge deduction they'll make sure they're valid. >> clayton: those that wouldn't to buy a home and don't have enough for the 20% down payment. what can you do to try to get that home? >> with the obama, with one of the changes in the law for january of this year, now the private mortgage insurance is still deductible. so if you're putting down less than 80% on the home at least that's deductible. again, in the right situation i wouldn't mind if they took money out of their 401(k) and borrow

to get a down payment to get into a property, lock in low interest rates for the next 30 years, establish themselves in the home and from there on they're a home owner. >> clayton: and you want to stay in that home for a while, that's the idea. not moving in a year and a half. >> that's key. >> clayton: great tips. jerry lynch, if you missed any of these, go to foxnews.com and have them there and stroll them down on a note pad later. great to see you. >> great to see you, clayton. >> clayton: more "fox & friends," stick around. ♪